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Hög biologisk ålder kopplas till ökad risk för demens och stroke
Människor åldras i olika takt, som bekant. Nu indikerar en studie vid Karolinska institutet att personer med högre biologisk ålder än deras faktiska ålder löper signifikant större risk att drabbas av åkommor som demens och blodpropp i hjärnan.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”
The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment line for cancer patients, and the company recently presented positive data from a phase II study.
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Bioarctics grundare Lars Lannfelt prisas: ”Vill skapa något för framtiden”
Det låter som en forskares dröm: att bli först i världen med ett läkemedel som har verklig effekt mot en av våra stora folksjukdomar. Lars Lannfelt och hans företag Bioarctic har uppnått just det, och ligger därmed bakom en verklig bedrift i svensk medicinhistoria. Nu tilldelas han Forska!Sveriges utmärkelse 2023.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Sedana får tummen upp i Storbritannien
Sedana Medical har beviljats marknadsgodkännande i Storbritannien för sitt läkemedel Sedaconda (isofluran).
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?
New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the right patients be found in time, and will the healthcare system’s resources be sufficient? Life Science Sweden has spoken to Swedish researchers in Alzheimer’s who voice cautious hope but also see further challenges.
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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Första läkemedlen som bromsar Alzheimers – men vad betyder det för patienterna?
Nya behandlingar för tidig Alzheimers sjukdom väcker hopp hos tusentals patienter och anhöriga. Men vem ska få behandlingen, hur ska rätt patienter hittas i tid – och kommer sjukvårdens resurser att räcka till? Life Science Sweden har talat med svenska Alzheimerforskare som uttrycker försiktigt hopp, men också ser fortsatta utmaningar.
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn
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Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients
In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Konstaterad listeria hos fiskproducent i Kungshamn
Flera personer har insjuknat av listeriasmitta efter att ha ätit lax från Leröy Seafood.
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Vaccinationsbolag i konkurs
Vaccinationsföretaget Legehuset Sverige har försatts i konkurs.
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Double up for Korbinian Löbmann
This year, Korbinian Löbmann will moderate the New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meeting in Copenhagen for the fifth time. Furthermore, he will also moderate The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress in Lund for the first time.
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Studie dissar samband mellan depression och cancer
Depression och oro ökar inte risken för att utveckla de flesta typer av cancer, enligt en ny metastudie.
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Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president
In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According to the reporter Theo Baker, who first reported the story, Tessier-Lavigne “rewarded the winners and punished the losers”. Here is the background of the story which has shaken the American scientific community over the summer.
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Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal
A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients with opioid addiction. However, the opposing party, the Indian company Sun, is not giving up and has filed an appeal.
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Stanfords rektor avgår efter anklagelser om forskningsfusk
Mitt i sommaren meddelade neuroforskaren Marc Tessier-Lavigne att han skulle lämna sin post som rektor för Stanford efter anklagelser om manipulerade studiedata. ”Han belönade vinnarna och straffade förlorarna”, säger reportern som avslöjade honom. Här är bakgrunden till vad som fick den uppburne forskaren på fall.
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Studie: Extroverta mer benägna till vaccinskepsis
Utåtriktade personer borde ha bråttom att få komma ut och umgås igen under pandemin, och därför vara extra benägna att ta covid-vaccinet. Trodde forskarna. Men enligt deras studie var det precis tvärtom.
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Uppsalabolag fick rätt i viktig patenttvist – men beslutet överklagas
En amerikansk distriktsdomstol har beslutat till Orexos fördel i en tvist om patentet som skyddar det svenska bolagets behandling Zubsolv för patienter med opioidberoende. Men motparten, indiska Sun, ger sig inte utan har lämnat in ett överklagande.
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Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease
A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.
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Chefläkare från Försvarsmakten ska styra upp Ivo:s tillsyn
Inspektionen för vård och omsorg, Ivo, har rekryterat Pierre Campenfeldt till en nyinrättad tjänst som tillsynschefläkare.
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