He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s national vaccine coordinator and the scheming that went on behind the scenes in Europe

Ny hyresgäst till Forskaren

Det ortopedtekniska företaget Team Olmed flyttar nästa år in i den nya byggnaden Forskaren som är belägen i Hagastaden.

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage during a webcast seminar.

KI:s nya rektor: "Vi måste jobba mer ihop"

En tätare koppling mellan forskning och utbildning, och starkare "vi-känsla" – det är något av vad Annika Östman Wernerson vill åstadkomma som ny rektor på Karolinska institutet. Och sin forskning tänker hon inte släppa helt. "Jag tror det är otroligt viktigt att fortsätta ha fötterna i verksamheten", säger hon.

Ny COO på Immunovia

Karl Stone, grundare av Oxford Gene Technology och tidigare verksamhetschef på Medicines Discovery Catapult, Lighthouse Lab, tar nu steget in i Immunovias ledningsgrupp som Chief Operating Officer, COO.

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Experts in the field claim that andrology needs to become a speciality in Sweden to increase awareness and knowledge. But the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare says that it is not a priority.

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden speaks to believe that the results must be taken seriously, and call for action from the Swedish authorities.

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing writes in a column.

“Vi har fått en kraftsamling kring den nationella life science-strategin”

Life Science Sweden vill veta mer om Jenni Nordborg och ställer frågor om hennes nya jobb, varför hon blev kemiingenjör och vem som är hennes förebild.

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising discovery about the function of the immune system.

Uppsalabolag köper brittiskt företag i miljardaffär – och får nya storägare

Bioteknikbolaget Biotage har tecknat avtal om att förvärva brittiska Astrea Bioseperations i en affär värd över två miljarder kronor. Betalning sker i aktier till säljaren, amerikanska Gamma Biosciences, som därmed blir största ägare i Biotage.

Ny vice vd för Smile

Ulrika Ringdahl blir ny vice vd för life science-inkubatorn Smile i Lund.

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the availability of medical devices in the EU. Unfortunately, the fears have come true.

Sweden is organising a large life science conference as part of the EU presidency

On 26-27 June, Sweden will host a European meeting on life science.

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing conference on 15 December.

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ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available in clinics”, says Christel Bergström, who is heading the project.

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.

Svensk blir chef för Astra Zeneca i Europa och Kanada

Stefan Woxström har utsetts till Senior Vice President för Astra Zeneca i Europa och Kanada och är därmed ansvarig för att leda företaget i de regionerna.