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Umeåbolag växer och nyanställer
Umeåföretaget Uman Diagnostics utökar personalstyrkan och anställer Maria Hörnberg som Assay Development Scientist och Ronja Lindgren som Laboratory Engineer.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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Guard Therapeutics tar projekt vidare efter tidigare bakslag
Biotech-bolaget Guard Therapeutics har nu presenterat övergripande resultat från en fas II-studie på bolagets främsta läkemedelskandidat RMC-035 som tyder på att den har en njurskyddande effekt.
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn
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Mendus får snabbspår i USA för blodcancerbehandling
Immunterapibolaget Mendus har beviljats ett snabbspår, så kallat Fast Track Designation, i USA för sin ledande läkemedelskandidat vididencel för behandling av akut myeloisk leukemi, AML.
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Abliva får snabbspår i USA – aktien tog glädjeskutt
Lundabolaget Ablivas främsta läkemedelskandidat har beviljats så kallad Fast Track Designation, ett snabbspår, i USA.
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CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process
Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that it will change,” says Helena Lüning of the industry organisation ASCRO.
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Branschens doldisar – kontraktsforskarna
Konsultbolagen har blivit en allt viktigare del av läkemedelsutvecklingen. ”Det är en trend och affärsmodell som fungerar, och vi ser inga tecken på att den kommer att vika“, säger Helena Lüning, branschorganisationen ASCRO.
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Egetis aktiverar försenad fas III-studie i USA
Forskningsbolaget Egetis Therapeutics har efter vissa förseningar aktiverat första deltagande sjukhus i fas III-studien Retriact i USA, enligt ett pressmeddelande.
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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.
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Studie: Blodprov för att mäta hjärnpåverkan efter neurokirurgi
I framtiden tror forskare vid Göteborgs universitet att ett blodprov skulle kunna vara ett komplement till magnetkamera för att undersöka skador i samband med kirurgi av hjärntumörer.
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Uncertainty about the government’s life science work
The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now questions are being raised both about the government’s plans for the office and the Swedish life science strategy.
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He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter
The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s national vaccine coordinator and the scheming that went on behind the scenes in Europe. Author and medical journalist Nils Bergeå co-wrote the book with Richard Bergström.
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Guard avbryter fas II-studie halvvägs efter negativt utlåtande
Biotech-bolaget Guard Therapeutics avbryter en fas II-studie av sin främsta läkemedelkandidat. Orsaken är att förutsättningarna att nå studiens huvudmål bedöms vara låga.
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“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”
Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forward in the pursuit of the world’s first ETEC vaccine. Meet the company’s CEO Björn Sjöstrand.
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The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality
Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Experts in the field claim that andrology needs to become a speciality in Sweden to increase awareness and knowledge. But the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare says that it is not a priority.
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How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action
A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden speaks to believe that the results must be taken seriously, and call for action from the Swedish authorities.
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Column: ”Life as a F1 race”
"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing writes in a column.
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The government proposes fines for pharmaceutical companies that fail to notify drug shortages in time
According to a compilation from the Swedish Medicines Agency, the number of residually notified medicines increased by 54 % in Sweden last year compared to the previous year. In a bill presented by the government a number of proposals are put forward to counteract the problem.
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Sedana får snabbspår i USA för sin inhalationssedering
Sedana Medical har beviljats så kallad Fast Track Designation i USA för sin kombination av läkemedlet isofluran och den medicintekniska produkten Sedaconda för sedering av intensivvårdspatienter.
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ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists
The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.
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The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s
The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.
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The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking
Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.
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Här är hela listan – De viktigaste svenska medicininnovationerna
Högst upp på Life Science Swedens rankning över moderna svenska innovationer inom medicinområdet finns Losec från dåvarande Astra.
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