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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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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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Angelica Loskog: ”Som barn var jag jättefixerad vid cancer. Där började mitt intresse”
Life Science Sweden vill veta mer om Angelica Loskog och ställer frågor om hennes liv som forskare.
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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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Han ska leda Stockholms nya life science-kontor
Region Stockholm avsätter 10 miljoner för att inrätta ett nytt life science-kontor som ska underlätta för forskning och innovation. Martin Tegnér kommer att leda arbetet.
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Göran Hägglund blir ny ordförande för Cancerfonden
Cancerfonden får ny ordförande efter att den tidigare LO-ordföranden Wanja Lundby-Wedin slutar efter nio år.
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Begreppet life science används mer och mer – men definitionen spretar
Sverige har en life science-strategi, regeringen har ett life science-kontor och tidningen du nu läser heter Life Science Sweden. Men vad är life science egentligen?
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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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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 the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Förhoppningarna var höga när Anna Törner och hennes kollega startade en studie om ett kosttillskott som verkade vara overkligt bra. "Entusiastiskt drömde vi om spännande resultat och kanske en publikation i en högimpakttidskrift", skriver Anna Törner.
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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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Sju år efter Macchiarini-skandalen – nu inleds rättegången
På onsdagsmorgonen inleddes rättegången i Solna tingsrätt mot de italienske kirurgen Paolo Macchiarini, som står åtalad för tre fall av grov misshandel.
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Björn Ursing: Det personliga mötet kräver kvalitet
"Jag hoppas att mötesindustrin tar till sig de nya trenderna och ger oss som vill träffas på riktigt valuta för resandet", skriver Björn Ursing, som hyllar de slumpartade mötena i matköer och på mingel.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Efter Socialstyrelsens nej – Karolinska skänker blodpåsar till Ukraina
Karolinska universitetssjukhuset har beslutat skänka blodpåsar till Ukraina. Socialstyrelsen sa nej till att skicka tomma blodpåsar till Ukraina efter att landet vädjat till EU-länderna om hjälp – något som väckte irritation hos vårdpersonal.
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Från Big Pharma till lilla Pharmiva – och tillbaka igen: "Det har varit en resa"
Efter ett par intensiva år på femtechbolaget Pharmiva lämnar Christina Östberg Lloyd över vd-stolen och återvänder till Big Pharma och läkemedelsbolaget Ferring. – Det har varit en galet rolig tid, men så blev jag plötsligt erbjuden mitt livs drömjobb
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Keyplants byggde vaccinfabrik på rekordtid – nu är den på väg till Afrika
På mindre än åtta månader har svenska Keyplants byggt en tillverkningsanläggning för bland annat covidvaccin till Senegal.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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