Nytt gäng som satsar på öl

Danisco flyttar sin bryggeri och dryckesenzymverksamhet, som också får en ny ledning. Även en bryggerienhet i Shanghai kommer att få ny chef.

Säkrare mat med färre myndigheter

Regeringens utredare har nu sett över Sveriges livsmedelsmyndigheter. Hans förslag är att dagens fyra myndigheter ersätts av tre. Syftet är att öka säkerheten, plus spara pengar.

Roche sänker budet på Genentech

I juli ifjol var budet 89 dollar per aktie. Då sa Genentechs styrelse nej tack. Nu meddelar läkemedelsjätten att man sänker budet och vänder sig direkt till småägarna.

Grönt ljus för Getinges bolagsköp

Medicinteknikföretaget Getinge har fått godkännande från den amerikanska konkurrensmyndigheten Federal Trade Commission, FTC för köpet av bolaget Datascope Corp. Efter klartecken från amerikanska myndigheter kan den segdragna affären nu slutföras.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

Orexo opens doors eastwards

The drug delivery company has signed a deal for selling a cancer pain treatment in China. "An ideal partner for us" says Torbjörn Bjerke, CEO of Orexo.

Biotage is regrouping

The Swedish company Biotage takes yet another step in streamlining efforts, by outsourcing all instrument production to contract manufacturers.

Vitamin D is mental health aid

Vitamin D can help stave off the mental decline that can affect people in old age, a study suggests.

Danisco strengthens its IP team

Danisco's division Genencor has appointed a new Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy and Chief IP Counsel.

Swedish nanotech crosses the Atlantic

Genovis signs distribution agreement Finnzymes in US.

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

Pharma is a safe market

Pharma is the best industry to invest in. That states leaders from risk capital companies, interviewed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Finnish Innovation Fund gets new leader

The Supervisory Board of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has appointed members of the Board, including a new president.

Medicult disclaims Swedish offer

The Norwegian company Medicult's Board is highly sceptical to the yesterday announced Vitrolife offer.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

New map of eye proteins

A new mapping of proteins in the eye opens the door for new treatments of eye diseases in the future.

Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal

The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.

Swiss allergy therapy convinces

Cytos Biotechnology presents promising results in a study of a new therapy against allergy and asthma.

Elekta gets ok from China

The Swedish medtech comapny Elekta has received approval from the Chinese authority State Food and Drug Administration, SFDA, to sell its linear accelerator in China.

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Danish biorefinery can save US billions

The Danish Inbicon biorefinery process could save the US billions on foreign oil, the organization states.

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on the immune system.