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Kalmar tar täten inom e-hälsa
Under det senaste decenniet har digitalisering och e-hälsolösningar skapat nya möjligheter för medicintekniska företag. I Kalmar län har regionen skapat en e-hälsoarena med visionen att länet ska bli ett internationellt centrum för e-hälsans utveckling.
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Tablettbehandling mot håravfall godkänns i USA
Den första tablettbehandlingen mot fläckvis håravfall har fått tummen upp av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.
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Astra Zeneca i Södertälje vinnare i stor internationell tävling
Astra Zeneca är vinnarna i årets Acceligov Challenge och därmed blir läkemedelsbolagets anläggning i Södertälje pilotanläggning för en ny miljövänlig teknik för att rena avloppsvatten. "Det känns oerhört hedrande att bli utsedda till vinnare i Leading Cities Acceligov-tävling", säger Nina Andrén, chef för Astra Zenecas campus i Södertälje till Life Science Sweden.
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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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IVI:s generaldirektörs önskelista inför tillsättningen av Sverige-chef: “Vi letar efter en unicorn”
Till hösten inleder Internationella vaccininstitutet jakten på en chef till Stockholmskontoret. Life Science Sweden frågade generaldirektören Jerome Kim om vilka egenskaper han letar efter hos den som ska leda institutets första etablering utanför Sydkorea.
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IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreement, which means that a branch of the institute will be located in Stockholm.
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Nya diagnostikregelverket – så påverkar det branschen
Sedan den 26 maj tillämpas den nya EU-förordningen IVDR för in vitro-diagnostik. Branschorganisationer och företag ser fördelar med den nya förordningen, som högre kvalitet och större fokus på patientsäkerhet, men varnar samtidigt för att den medför hinder för nya produkter, innovativa idéer och små bolag.
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The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.
The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström to Life Science Sweden.
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Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit
A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Forskare utvecklar kontaktlinser för att bota grön starr
Kinesiska forskare har utvecklat kontaktlinser som ska känna av om trycket i ögat stiger och därefter frigöra läkemedel för att sänka trycket vid behov. Förhoppningen är kunna bota grön starr.
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Hello Angelica Loskog!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.
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Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system
The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to deceive the immune system by forming new variants that are mixtures of different strains.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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Pharm Assist köps av ny koncern inom life science-tjänster
Konsultbolaget Pharm Assist Sweden har köpts upp och kommer tillsammans med det norska investmentbolaget Serendipity och kontraktsforskningsföretaget Link Medical att ingå i en ny nordeuropeisk koncern för tjänster inom life science.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify
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Studie beskriver hur coronavirus trivs på olika ytor
En ny studie från KTH ökar förståelsen av hur sars-cov-2 interagerar med olika ytor på molekylär nivå.
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Nordic Biomarker får nya ägare – "Bättre läge än någonsin"
Umeåbaserade Nordic Biomarker har fått nya ägare. Det svenska riskkapitalbolaget Procuritas har tagit över en majoritetspost i det tidigare kinesiskägda diagnostikföretaget.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply to the entire Nordic region.
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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