Grönt ljus för Getinges bolagsköp

Medicinteknikföretaget Getinge har fått godkännande från den amerikanska konkurrensmyndigheten Federal Trade Commission, FTC för köpet av bolaget Datascope Corp. Efter klartecken från amerikanska myndigheter kan den segdragna affären nu slutföras.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

First ever study of human stem cell treatment

The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.

Lundbeck divests companies

The company sells all shares in one listed company plus divests four small private equity funds, for a three-figured million sum.

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Medicult needs a word of advice

Medicult Board retains advisers, regarding the previous offer from Vitrolife.

Biovitrum sells UK part

Biovitrum will soon spin-out a British subsidary

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

Infidelity produces faster sperms

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Harmony prevents dementia

People who are active, outgoing and relaxed may be less likely to develop dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

Swedish multi competent machine soon launched

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

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

Pharma is a safe market

Pharma is the best industry to invest in. That states leaders from risk capital companies, interviewed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

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.

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

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.

Bio engineering breakthrough in Denmark

Brand new research makes BioGasol's cellulosic ethanol process even more competitive.

Swedish cancer therapy granted

Pledpharma, Linköping University and Ryhov County Hospital receive a research grant from the Research Council FORSS to conduct clinical studies in cancer patients.

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.