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Martin Willner, Manager Lab, Nordic Service Manager, Mettler-Toledo AB

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Life science in Stockholm

Sweden has the fourth-largest biotech market in Europe. More than half of its biotechnology enterprise, some 460 companies, is located in the Stockholm region.

Young, bright and committed to labtech

Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be back after living in Geneva for four years. On November 10 she will take a big career leap, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

Mettler Toledo is showcasing Quantos, an automated dispenser for laboratory use.

Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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Medicon Valley cluster in brief

The Medicon Valley covers the Öresund region (Skåne and Sjaelland).

Diagnostics to deal with new diseases

Maria Brytting at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI, will share her experiences from April 2009 when the new influenza A virus, H1N1, was first reported globally.

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

The new 5430 R from Eppendorf is a refrigerated microcentrifuge with several different rotors.

Hey Johannes Hedman...

... graduate of SKL and LTH, who has improved a method of forensic analysis

Annika Garnås, LAB

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Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

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Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

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Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

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USB recycler for liquid chromatography

The Smartsaver recycler from Biotech AB is designed to recycle the uncontaminated mobile phase in isocratic liquid chromatography.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

Qiagen recently presented a method of dry blood sample storage as an alternative to storage in freezers.

820 miljoner till medicinsk forskning

359 projekt inom området för medicin får pengar från Vetenskapsrådet i år. I snitt kammar varje projekt hem 670 000 kronor i årets runda.

KI-profil får IVAs guldmedalj

Professor Hans Wigzell belönas med Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien, IVAs, guldmedalj för sitt engagemang för kommersialisering av bioteknikforskning. Tack vare hans entusiasm och satsningen på Karolinska Holding finns i dag flera företag som har sina rötter vid KI.

Fina resultat för svenskt HIV-vaccin

En fas II studie av det svenska vaccinet Hivis har visat oväntat positiva resultat på friska frivilliga i Tanzania. Nu planeras forstatta studier i både Sverige och Afrika av vaccinet som innehåller DNA från fyra olika virusstammar.

Atheras IP säker på Europas marknad

Det europeiska patent- och registreringsverket lämnar positivt besked till Karolinska Development-bolaget. Med godkända patent tar företaget ett steg närmare den europeiska marknaden.

Industrin stödjer Barack Obama

Nya marknader och tillåten stamcellsforskning gör att den amerikanska bioteknik- och läkemedelsindustrin väljer att stödja Obamas hälsoreform. Trots Vita Husets ambitioner att ta kontroll över prissättningen på läkemedel.

Nya utmaningar för vaccinbolag

Sedan 2006 har den globala kapaciteten för att tillverka influensavaccin ökat från 400 miljoner doser per år till 900 miljoner. -Det här är ingen business as usual för vaccinbolagen, säger Albert Osterhaus, chef för institutionen för virologi på