Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO at RegSmart Life Science, reflects on drug repurposing.

Orexo testar digital terapi för opioidberoende

Uppsalabaserade Orexo börjar nu i ett nytt samarbete testa sin digitala terapi modia på opioidberoende patienter.

Nya rekryteringar hos Enzymatica

Utöver de nya rekryteringarna sker även organisationsförändringar i bolaget.

Lumitos vd har avlidit

Stefan Nilsson avled under helgen i sviterna efter en hjärtinfarkt.

Ny vd på Medcap

I november tar Anders Dahlberg över rodret på bolaget.

Vinnova finansierar innovation i spåren av corona

Sjuk verksamheter inom vårdsektorn tilldelas sju miljoner kronor för bland annat studier om covid-19-behandling med stamceller och framtagning av återanvändingsbara andningsskydd.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Pilots want to live too

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Coordination of world-class research facilities

Four unique world-class research facilities are located just a few hours apart. Properly utilised, a Nordic centre for world-leading life science innovation and research could become a reality. Kajsa M Paulsson is the project leader for HALOS, driving

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.

Brexit looking back and looking forward

More than 3 years have passed after the vote and there is still uncertainty around the outcome although the UK December 12 election set a clearer course towards an exit early 2020.

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma Outsourcing Dec 10th i Stockholm. This is her thoughts about outsourcing.

Sverige del i enorm kartläggning av arters dna

Genom Scilifelab har nu även Sverige tagit steget till att bidra med expertis och teknologi inom det världsomspännande initiativet Earth biogenome project, där arvsmassan för över en miljon arter bestäms.

Han tar plats på Follicum

Får ny styrelseledamot från Recipharm.

Breddar sin medtechkompetens

För att ytterligare stärka upp sitt erbjudande värvar rekryteringsbolaget PharmaRelations två medtechkompetenser.

Bactiguard stärker upp operations

Rekryterar VP direkt från Pfizer.

”Sverige är annorlunda på flera sätt”

Branschen saknar kompetens, samtidigt som det går arbetslösa akademiker i landet. Nu får de hjälp att finna varandra. Khady Ndoye från Senegal går Handelshögskolans program och valde praktik på Triolab.

Ny USA-topp i Recipharm

Bolaget utser ny chef för business management i USA och Kanada med uppgift att öka tillväxten i regionen.

How to become globally competitive

Here Gunilla Osswald from BioArctic share her experience of scaling up and be competative on the global arena.