Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Abbott expands by acquisition

An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.

Swedish multi competent machine soon launched

The Swedish company Biosensor will launch new equipment able to detect twelve different narcotics and explosives simultaneously.

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are relatives

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have the same genetic causes, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet.

Medicult disclaims Swedish offer

The Norwegian company Medicult's Board is highly sceptical to the yesterday announced Vitrolife offer.

Pronova Biopharma grows

Recently, Norway's Pronova Biopharma announced the creation of new jobs in Denmark

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

New map of eye proteins

A new mapping of proteins in the eye opens the door for new treatments of eye diseases in the future.

Ten recieve the Venture Cup West Prize

At this year´s Venture Cup West awards the 10 best business ideas in Venture Cup West 08/09 were chosen, receiving SEK 10 000 each.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult

The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.

Medicult acquires embryo scanner

The Danish company Medicult signs an agreement with Novocellus to gain access to embryo selection technology.

Swiss allergy therapy convinces

Cytos Biotechnology presents promising results in a study of a new therapy against allergy and asthma.

Collaboration brings next generation drugs

Wyeth and Santaris Pharma announce a new alliance to develop RNA-based medicines.

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

Elekta gets ok from China

The Swedish medtech comapny Elekta has received approval from the Chinese authority State Food and Drug Administration, SFDA, to sell its linear accelerator in China.

Recipharm launches into biologics manufacturing

Recently a Swedish biomanufacturing facility transfers from Astrazeneca to Recipharm Biologics.

Acadia drug awarded

Acadia Pharmaceutical has got an award for a new treatment against Parkinson's disease.

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on the immune system.

Medtech giant separates

Due to the global economic situation, the medtech companies Q-Med and the Palomar Medical Technologies has terminated its international agreement.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

Mathematician new dean at DTU

On January 1st the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, got a new dean, recruited from the department of Mathematics.