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Pfizer har fördubblat sin onkologipipeline – ”Vi har mer än 50 pågående cancerstudier”
I Pfizers portfölj för utveckling av läkemedel står cancer i fokus. Men företaget arbetar även mycket med vaccin och läkemedel mot infektionssjukdomar. Enligt Jonas Ålebring, medicinsk direktör för Pfizer Sverige, har företaget aldrig tidigare haft en lika stark pipeline som i dag.
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Astra Zeneca satsar stort inom fetma
Nya potentiella behandlingar inom obesitas, njursjukdomar och leversjukdomar är några exempel på projekt som gör svensk-brittiska Astra Zenecas pipeline till en av världens största och bredaste.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”
The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that relieve pain or eliminate painful symptoms, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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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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Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Företagen som lyckas med det här tar tätpositionen”
Fokus för utveckling av nya läkemedel och ny medicinteknik bör inte för ensidigt ligga på att förlänga liv. Det är minst lika viktigt att forska fram behandlingar som lindrar smärta eller tar bort plågsamma symtom, skriver Samuel Lagercrantz i en ledare.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Rapport visar stora brister i palliativ vård: ”Kan förkorta livet”
Ett lotteri, där bostadsadressen avgör. Så beskrivs den svenska palliativa vården i en ny rapport från Cancerfonden. “Väldigt anmärkningsvärt”, säger Elin Ylvasdotter, intressepolitisk expert.
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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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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide
AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, but AstraZeneca claims that the decision is purely commercial.
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Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln
Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor och serieentreprenör med känsla för fart
Prisbelönt cancerforskare, grundare av en hel drös börsbolag, ständigt i den akademiska och kommersiella hetluften under flera decennier. Men Carl Borrebaeck, professor i immunteknologi i Lund, är inte nöjd än. ”Vi har ett nytt, potentiellt superspännande projekt på gång”, säger han.
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Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”
Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a possible explanation for why the disease is more prevalent in northern Europe.
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Moderna utökar samarbete med Open AI – växlar upp med artificiell intelligens
AI-assistenter i alla delar av verksamheten. Det är målet för Moderna, som slutit ett nytt avtal med Open AI. Något som kommer öka kapaciteten kraftigt, enligt vd Stéphane Bancel.
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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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List: The coolest names in biotech
Hairy beasts, volcanic material and space strolling stand out on a US list of the best biotech company names, and on a list of the coolest names for pharmaceuticals, a Swedish, or at least Swedish-British, drug came out on top.
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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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Svensk smärtapp får patent i Europa
Lundbaserade Paindrainer har beviljats europeiskt patent för sin AI-baserade plattform för hantering av kronisk smärta.
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The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine
The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast cancer, testifies to this.
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Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer
Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by an extensive Scandinavian study.
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”Risken är att du förstör chansen för ditt läkemedel”
Det kan vara en utmaning att gå från akademi till industri. Det vet Marika Nestor, vd för Akiram Therapeutics och professor vid Uppsala universitet, som själv gjort resan.
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Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers
A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.
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