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Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry
Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Director at a biotech company. “I’m curious and like to have influence, so I’ve often chosen management roles,” she says.
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Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI
How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.
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Life Science Sweden heads to the Oresund region! ‒ Hello there Michael Linnell
Life Science Sweden’s The Future of Swedish Danish Life Science and New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meetings are coming up soon. We asked Michael Linnell, project manager for Life Science Sweden’s event portfolio, a few short questions.
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“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”
The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that aimed to find answers and solutions to this downward trend. One of the proposals was a stable, sustainable and funded model for collaboration.
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Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body
Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list that aims to promote sustainable entrepreneurship.
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CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process
Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that it will change,” says Helena Lüning of the industry organisation ASCRO.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?
In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.
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Anna Törner: The minute between life and death
“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try to understand why I haven’t told anyone, I find the answer: a feeling of shame. There is no forgiveness for something like this, even though it is very human to be distracted for a moment,” Anna Törner writes in a column.
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AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen
AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.
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Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease
Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinations based on the phenomenon.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far
Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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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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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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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 declined.
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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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He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance
Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster organisation Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA).
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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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Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences
Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage during a webcast seminar.
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Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades
Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has taken place in the lab.
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“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”
Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forward in the pursuit of the world’s first ETEC vaccine. Meet the company’s CEO Björn Sjöstrand.
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Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”
Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.
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The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality
Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Experts in the field claim that andrology needs to become a speciality in Sweden to increase