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Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA
The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”
“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportunities,” Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”
Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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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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Nanexa flyttar in i nya lokaler – ska få bolaget att växa
Igår invigdes Nanexas nya pilotanläggning i Uppsala. Det 300 kvadratmeter stora renrummet gör anläggningen unik, menar bolagets vd David Westberg.
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Patient fick nytt öra – 3d-printat från sina egna celler
Ett kirurgteam i Texas har lyckats med att förse en patient med vad de uppger är det första 3D-printade ytterörat som bygger på patientens egna celler.
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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 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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Sobi och Sanofi får genombrottsstatus för behandling mot blödarsjuka
En behandling mot hemofili A, utvecklad av svenska Sobi tillsammans med Sanofi, har tilldelats genombrottsstatus i USA. Det är den första faktor VIII-behandling som ges sådan status.
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Tungt bakslag för Rhovacs cancervaccin – "Förvånade och djupt besvikna"
Immunterapibolaget Rhovacs läkemedelskandidat Onilcamotide mot prostatacancer har misslyckats med att visa överlägsenhet gentemot placebo i en fas IIb-studie. Företagets framtid bedöms nu som osäker.
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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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Xbrane Biopharma drar tillbaka FDA-ansökan
FDA begär kompletterande information från Xbrane Biopharma om deras biosimilarkandidat till Lucentis.
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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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Start-up som utvecklar digital tvilling prisades under EIT Health Summit
Ett biotech-företag, ett medtech-företag och ett företag inom digital hälsa stod på prispallen när EIT Health Catapult avgjordes.
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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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Pfizer flyttar svenska huvudkontoret till Hagastaden
Läkemedelsjätten Pfizer flyttar sitt svenska huvudkontor till Life City i Hagastaden, som därmed får ännu ett stort life science-företag som hyresgäst.
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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.