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Novo Nordisk: Inget tyder på koppling mellan bränderna
Polis utreder bränderna som bröt ut vid två av Novo Nordisk anläggningar de senaste veckorna. Enligt bolaget tyder inget på att något brottsligt ligger bakom.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation
Hindrik Mulder, professor vid Lunds universitet, får Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize för sin forskning på diabetes.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”
The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that relieve pain or eliminate painful symptoms, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Ny brand på Novo Nordisk
Åter igen brinner det på Novo Nordisk i Danmark. Denna gång rasar elden i en av läkemedelsjättens byggnader i Köpenhamnsförorten Bagsværd.
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Tarmflorans betydelse för flera vanliga sjukdomar ska utforskas
Ett internationellt forskningsinitiativ, där Göteborgs universitet ingår, ska undersöka om tarmbakterier kan orsaka fetma, typ 2-diabetes och hjärt-kärlsjukdom.
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Omvänt förvärv ska ta Flerie till börsen – ”Viktigt steg i bolagets plan”
Läkemedelsinvesteraren Flerie Invest tar en genväg till börsen genom ett omvänt förvärv av forskningsbolaget Index Pharmaceuticals.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Brand på Novo Nordisk fick börsen att skaka
En brand drabbade på torsdagseftermiddagen den danska läkemedelsjätten Novo Nordisks anläggning i Kalundborg på Själland.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide
AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, but AstraZeneca claims that the decision is purely commercial.
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Christina Östberg Lloyd satsar på eget – ”Jag är full av energi”
Efter över tjugo år på olika tjänster inom life science-företag satsar Christina Östberg Lloyd på eget som konsult. ”Detta öppnar upp helt nya perspektiv och möjligheter”, säger hon till Life Science Sweden.
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KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures
A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying more than 47,000 samples. This was the conclusion of an internal investigation.
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List: The coolest names in biotech
Hairy beasts, volcanic material and space strolling stand out on a US list of the best biotech company names, and on a list of the coolest names for pharmaceuticals, a Swedish, or at least Swedish-British, drug came out on top.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.
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The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine
The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast cancer, testifies to this.
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Över 250 sajter stängdes efter försäljning av falska fetmaläkemedel
Över 250 webbsajter stoppades i fjol efter att ha marknadsfört förfalskade versioner av populära diabetes- och fetmaläkemedel av typen GLP-1-analoger.
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Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer
Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by an extensive Scandinavian study.
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EMA: Ingen koppling mellan självmordstankar och GLP-1-analoger
Den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA har kommit fram till att det inte finns något samband mellan GLP-1-analoger och självmordstankar.
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Tre nya till styrelsen för Medicon Valley Alliance
Flera ansikten tar plats som styrelsemedlemmar för life science-klustret Medicon Valley.
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Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers
A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.
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Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn drug Zantac allegedly had caused cancer.
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Utredning om självmordskoppling till GLP-1-analoger nu på EMA:s bord
En kommitté inom den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA samlas i veckan för att diskutera uppgifterna om självmordstankar hos patienter efter intag av diabetes- och viktminskningsläkemedel.