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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures
A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying more than 47,000 samples. This was the conclusion of an internal investigation.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.
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”We need compatibility“
Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on efficient and secure management of patient data and equal access to medicines.
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Anna Törner: ”Orphan Designation – the "petite robe noire" of drug development”
It is easy to cling to various regulatory incentives, like orphan designation, and other expedited pathways, without understanding what they truly mean or whether they are indeed right (or wrong) for the current project, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Anna Törner: ”Orphan designation läkemedelsutvecklingens ’petite robe noire’”
Det är så lätt att klamra sig fast vid olika regulatoriska incitament, som orphan designation, utan att egentligen veta vad de innebär och på vilket sätt de kan vara rätt (eller fel), skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Erfaren medtechledare tar över klubban i Realheart
Medtechbolaget Realheart, som utvecklar ett artificiellt hjärta, har utsett Magnus Öhman till arbetande styrelseordförande.
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Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”
”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain market share compared to generics, and new biosimilars do not always lead to lower prices” writes
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Nya namn förstärker Cerenos ledningsgrupp
Cereno Scientific utökar sin ledningsgrupp med två personer: nyrekryterade CMO:n Rahul Agrawal samt affärsutvecklingschefen Julia Fransson.
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Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work
A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story of a Swedish entrepreneur who was going to raise US venture capital to strengthen his company but lost his life’s work instead.
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Acquisition of consulting company Key2Compliance
The Swedish company Key2Compliance, offering services in fields such as pharma and Medtech, has been acquired by German GBA Group.
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Årets opinionsartiklar 2023
Nu lider 2023 mot sitt slut. Här är några av krönikorna, debattartiklarna och ledarna från det gångna året från Life Science Sweden och systertidningarna Medtech Magazine och Fokus Hjälpmedel.
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Mathias Uhlén’s protein atlas is recognised as a global resource
The Human Protein Atlas is the first database in Sweden to be designated a Global Core Biodata Resource. According to Mathias Uhlén, this is a quality hallmark and an opportunity for additional collaborations.
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Vaccin och biosimilarer i fokus på vetenskapligt möte
Vaccin och biosimilarer är några av ämnena som kommer att beröras under det vetenskapliga mötet New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing under torsdagen. Mötet har i år tioårsjubileum.
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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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Life science-profil på nytt jobb
Jennie Ekbeck, tidigare vd för Umeå Biotech Incubator, kommer fortsättningsvis att arbeta med affärsidéer inom life science i Östergötland.
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Han får vetenskapspris för upptäckten av den inflammatoriska reflexen
Den amerikanske neurokirurgen och uppfinnaren Kevin J. Tracey tilldelas Hans Wigzells Forskningsstiftelses vetenskapliga pris på 100 000 dollar. Han får det bland annat för upptäckten av vad som kallats kroppens ”inflammatoriska reflex”.
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Tataa inrättar vetenskapligt råd
Tataa Biocenter bildar ett rådgivande vetenskapligt råd. Nu har de fem första experterna i rådet utsetts.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Högteknologiska bolag allt mer intresserade av hälsa
Under många år har techföretag intresserat sig för hälso- och sjukvården och det intresset ser ut att öka. ”Det är inget plötsligt trendbrott, det handlar mer om att de flyttar fram positionerna”, säger Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, vd för Swedish Medtech.
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry
management roles,” she says.
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Astra Zeneca och Apoteket AB inleder samarbete kring återvinning
Återvinning är målsättningen för ett nytt samarbete mellan läkemedelsjätten Astra Zeneca och Apoteket AB. På ett få utvalda apotek ska nu plasthylsor från inhalatorer samlas in och återvinnas.