Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try to understand why I haven’t told anyone, I find the answer: a feeling of shame. There is no forgiveness for something like this, even though it is very human to be distracted for a moment,” Anna Törner writes in a column.

Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9 billion, equivalent to almost SEK 25 billion, is being invested over six years.

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The drug is currently approved for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease

Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinations based on the phenomenon.

Svenskt covidvaccin testas kliniskt på Karolinska

Ett nytt svenskutvecklat covidvaccin testas nu för första gången kliniskt på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset.

Devysers medgrundare lämnar ledningen – får rådgivande roll

Diagnostik- och gentestbolaget Devysers medgrundare och vice vd Ulf Klangby lämnar sin operativa roll och får istället en rådgivande funktion som konsult.

Hon blir ny chefsjuksköterska på Danderyds sjukhus

Principerna som är vägledande vid djurförsök

Ett begrepp som består av tre R är vägledande för det statliga forskningsinstitutet Rise i Södertälje. Att försöksdjuren här har det bra är inte bara viktigt för deras egen skull utan även för att få trovärdiga resultat i studier på läkemedel.

Ny vd på Aegirbio

Diagnostikbolaget Aegirbio har rekryterat en ny vd – Marco Witteveen.

This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster

Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish government are splitting the costs of the project, which is expected to produce new treatments for common diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

Rapid developments in AI – “All stakeholders are struggling to understand it”

Artificial intelligence is being discussed more and more, and developments in the field are moving rapidly. As the Swedish Medical Products Agency testifies, keeping up with developments is not easy.

Studie: Granatäpplen kan hjälpa till att rena vatten från läkemedel

Granatäpplen består inte endast av syrliga kärnor utan är även rik på antioxidanter, som ellagsyra. I en ny studie har forskare använt molekylen för att försöka få bukt med ett växande problem – läkemedelsrester i avloppsvatten.

Här hamnar nya nationella innovationsklustret

Mölndal och Goco Health Innovation City blir platsen för ett nytt nationell innovationskluster för avancerade terapier. Näringslivet och staten delar på kostnaderna för projektet, som är tänkt att leda till nya behandlingar mot folksjukdomar som cancer och diabetes.

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and leaving the way open for Norwegian company Navamedic.

Test ska visa om antibiotika fungerar

En metod utvecklad av forskare från Karolinska insitutet ska kunna hjälpa till att visa om bakterier svarar på en antibiotikabehandling. De har nu startat ett företag för att vidareutveckla tekniken till ett snabbtest.

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.

The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay

Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the United States, which have forced the companies to drop half of the participants in an ongoing Phase III study.

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the malaria parasite, and this is a vital piece of the puzzle for creating effective vaccines, says malaria researcher Kristina Persson.

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic than real doctors, a new study reveals.

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cluster organisation’s new radar pair.

Antikroppar tog form med hjälp av artificiell intelligens

Språkmodeller, såsom Chat GPT, som bygger på artificiell intelligens kan användas till en rad olika saker. Nu har forskare, med en språkmodell tillverkad av ett välkänt amerikanskt företag, i en ny studie kunnat designa antikroppar, rapporterar Nature.

Petter Hartman: Kombinationsbehandling mot faktaresistens

"Kunskapsrelativismen har blivit rumsren i allt större kretsar. Till och med sådant som vetenskapen med stor säkerhet kunnat fastslå som obestridligt, ifrågasätts på lösa grunder" skriver Petter Hartman i en krönika.