Cancerstudie stoppas i förtid

Lungcancerpatienter med dålig prognos överlevde signifikant längre tack vare en ny kombinationsbehandling. Nu avbryts studien som omfattat 1 157 patienter.

Född: ny finsk skogsforskningsjätte

Ett av europas största forskningslaboratorier slås ihop med ett av världens största skogsforskningsinstitut. Tillsammans ska de bli ett av världens främsta kompetenscentra inom skog.

A+Science söker vd

Göran Wessman lämnar sitt uppdrag. Bolagets operativa chef kliver in som tillförordnad vd medan rekrytering pågår.

KI-forskare får femårig forskningsprofessur

Torsten och Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelser ger Christer Betsholtz möjlighet att i fem år heltidsforska om tillväxtfaktorers roll i cancer

Hårt tryck på Läkemedelsverket

Alltför många vill ansöka om Sverige som referensland i den decentraliserade processen för att godkänna läkemedel. Idag införs nya rutiner för att hantera situationen.

Chr. Hansen köper underlivshälsa

Nio studer har bevisat att Urex kan minska risken för underlivsinfektioner hos kvinnor. Nu flyttas det kanadensiska bolagets verksamhet till Köpenhamn.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Faster sales but less profits for Probi

The probiotic company increases its turnover, and the net results are twice as large as last year.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

Success fee to Bioinvent and partner

The cancer collaboration started last year. After successful technology transfer the two partner companies now receives 5 million euro from pharma giant Roche.

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Biotech goes white and bright

White biotech could become Denmark's next blossoming business area.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Positive combined cancer therapy

Topotarget announces positive data with new treatment against colorectal cancer.

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

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.

Norwegian cancer therapy leaves phase II

New clinical results from Algeta highlights the potential of Alpharadin to treat bone metastases in major cancer indications.

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

Blood type decide resistance to HIV

A Canadian-Swedish research team has found a blood type molecule that increases the resistance to HIV-infections.

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.

Academy for a new turn at work

Are you qualified within life science, but unemployed? Here is your chance for a new career, in high demand.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.

Bring talent to those in need

Ho ho ho, Christmas time is here again. So get busy decking the halls, perhaps not with assorted greenery, but with something of a more lasting value.