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Asgard, Aniara och Astra Zeneca: Så valde bolagen sina namn – del 2
Trojaner, litterära klassiker och bisarra konspirationsteorier – här kommer den sista artikeln i vår serie om företagsnamn inom life science.
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Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement
The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.
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The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay
Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the United States, which have forced the companies to drop half of the participants in an ongoing Phase III study.
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A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed
There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the malaria parasite, and this is a vital piece of the puzzle for creating effective vaccines, says malaria researcher Kristina Persson.
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Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors
The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic than real doctors, a new study reveals.
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Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”
How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cluster organisation’s new radar pair.
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Antikroppar tog form med hjälp av artificiell intelligens
Språkmodeller, såsom Chat GPT, som bygger på artificiell intelligens kan användas till en rad olika saker. Nu har forskare, med en språkmodell tillverkad av ett välkänt amerikanskt företag, i en ny studie kunnat designa antikroppar, rapporterar Nature.
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Chat GPT mer empatisk än läkare enligt studie
Chat GPT har inte bara större precision när det kommer till patientfrågor – chattboten uppfattas dessutom som nästan tio gånger mer empatisk än riktiga läkare, enligt en ny studie.
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Devyser fick Swecares exportpris: "Fantastisk tillväxtresa"
Diagnostik- och gentestbolaget Devyser är vinnare av årets Swecare Export Award för att ha "satt svensk innovation inom hälsa och sjukvård på världskartan". Priset som ”rising star” gick till sepsisbolaget Algodx.
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New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences
A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.
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Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide
Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out of 55 countries surveyed, public perception of the importance of vaccinating children has
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Skärpt tillsyn inleds av hälsoappar och AI-program
Läkemedelsverket inleder en särskild satsning på tillsyn av medicintekniska programvaror, som hälsoappar och AI.
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Uncertainty about the government’s life science work
The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now questions are being raised both about the government’s plans for the office and the Swedish life science strategy.
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Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark
In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson as the industry’s top selling business.
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He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter
The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s national vaccine coordinator and the scheming that went on behind the scenes in Europe
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New diagnostic rules raise concerns
In a panel discussion, several voices from academia and the industry expressed concerns about the transition to the new regulatory framework for in-vitro diagnostics (IVDR). They argue that it may create significant differences between regions
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New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals
A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in the ongoing opioid crisis in the US.
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Sov som en björn – och undvik blodproppar
Minskning av ett visst blodplättsprotein tycks ha en nyckelroll när det gäller att förhindra blodproppar, enligt forskning vid bland annat Universitetssjukhuset Örebro. Och för den nya kunskapen kan vi tacka en av naturens största sjusovare: björnen.
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Oroliga röster om de nya diagnostikreglerna
Flera röster från akademin och branschen uttryckte oro över omställningen till det nya regelverket för in-vitrodiagnostik, IVDR, i ett panelsamtal. Skillnaderna mellan regionerna kan bli stora och patienter kan drabbas, menar de.
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Elypta awarded one million USD from the Star Trek creator’s foundation
Swedish company Elypta, which develops methods for early cancer detection, has been awarded one million USD from an unexpected source: a foundation set up in memory of the creator of Star Trek.
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Forskare undersöker samband mellan covid-19 och demens
"Hjärndimma" är ett av de symtom som beskrivits efter infektion med sars-cov-2. Forskare i Indien pekar på att demensrelaterade besvär kan tillta hos patienter med demens, efter infektion med viruset.
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Elypta får en miljon dollar – av Star Trek-skaparens stiftelse
Svenska Elypta, som utvecklar metoder för tidig upptäckt av cancer, har tilldelats en miljon dollar från oväntat håll: en stiftelse som grundats till minne av skaparen till Star Trek.
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Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field
In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Science Sweden has talked to some of those that attended the conference.
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The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector
We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.
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