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KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”
A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karolinska Institutet. She will not give up her research entirely though. “I think it’s crucial to maintain a close presence in the business,” she says.
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Genterapi mot ärftlig ögonsjukdom kan bromsa sjukdomsförloppet
Med en avancerad form av genterapi kan sjukdomsförloppet för vissa patienter med den ärftliga näthinnesjukdomen retinits pigmentosa bromsas.
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Hello Jenni Nordborg!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.
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A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer
Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising discovery about the function of the immune system.
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Tove Fall får pris för diabetesforskning
Med hjälp av stora mängder data försöker Tove Fall få en bättre förståelse av diabetes och hur den utvecklas. Hon tilldelas nu Leif C. Groop-priset för sin forskning.
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På jobbintervjun – det här ska du tänka på för att håva hem life science-jobbet
Du har sökt ett jobb och nu ska du på en intervju. Men, vad ska du tänka på och hur påläst ska du vara? Karriärcoachen Tina Persson guidar dig till jobbet.
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"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"
Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the availability of medical devices in the EU. Unfortunately, the fears have come true.
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Frida Lawenius till Naturvetarna
Frida Lawenius är Naturvetarnas nya tillförordnade förbundsdirektör.
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The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”
Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including heading the production of the company’s Covid vaccine, he is now advancing to the absolute
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Nya Astra Zeneca-vd:n: "Ett superspännande skede"
Snart 27 år har gått sedan Södertäljesonen Per Alfredsson klev in på Astra Zeneca som nyanställd ingenjör. Efter ett otal olika roller, bland annat som ansvarig för tillverkningen av bolagets covidvaccin, har han nu tagit klivet till den absoluta toppen.
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Carl-Magnus Högerkorp blir permanent vd på Cyxone
Rollen som tillförordnad vd har Carl-Magnus Högerkorp innehaft sedan i juni i år. Nu blir han företagets permanenta vd.
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Nytt KI-centrum ska lösa gåtan kring världens värsta huvudvärk
Karolinska institutet startar vad som uppges vara världens första forskningscentrum för klusterhuvudvärk, som är den mest smärtsamma huvudvärk som finns.
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Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap
From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered by us one of the most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.
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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”
Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"
For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.
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She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare
Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new ministers. Christian Democrat Jakob Forssmed gets the role of Minister for Social Affairs
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Renrumsprofessorn: Avancerad teknik ingen garanti för god hygien i operationssalen
Robotar och ny teknik må underlätta kirurgens arbete – men gör det inte lättare att hålla operationssalen ren och hygienisk. Det menar Matts Ramstorp, Sveriges och förmodligen hela västvärldens enda professor i renrumsteknik.
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“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”
Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.
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The TFS family is growing
TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.
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Neutronmöte i Lund samlar hundratals toppforskare
För första gången hålls en konferens knuten till den nya forskningsanläggningen ESS i Lund. Det är Institut Laue-langevin, ILL, i Frankrike och European Spallation Source, ESS, som tillsammans samlar neutronforskare från hela världen.
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“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”
Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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KVA:s nya preses – ”Forskning är en livsstil”
Under sommaren tillträdde Birgitta Henriques Normark som preses för Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien. Life Science Sweden träffade henne i Vetenskapsakademiens pampiga byggnad vid Frescati i Stockholm i slutet av maj för att prata om forskning och om hennes nya uppdrag.
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