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Valneva har gjort första svenska leveransen av covidvaccin – "En stor milstolpe"
Valneva Sweden har nu skickat de första doserna av sitt covid-19-vaccin till Bahrain, där vaccinkandidaten har fått ett nödgodkännande.
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IVO-kritik mot hur flytten av postcovidvård från Solna gick till
Avvecklingen av mottagningen för postcovid vid Karolinska universitetssjukhuset i Solna var inte patientsäker. Det menar IVO, som bland annat påpekar att riskanalys saknades och att hundratals remisser blev liggande på hög.
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Atrogi får grönt ljus för kliniska studier med diabeteskandidat
Det svenska läkemedelsföretaget Atrogi har fått klartecken från tyska hälsomyndigheter att inleda kliniska studier med sin läkemedelskandidat mot typ 2-diabetes.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Tre gånger så många har dött av covid-19 enligt ny studie
18 miljoner människor – så många kan ha dött under pandemin, säger forskare bakom ny stor internationell studie. Det är tredubbelt fler än vad som tidigare rapporterats. Men studien har redan fått kritik.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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30 miljoner till ukrainska forskare
”Det här är en möjlighet att ge oskyldigt utsatta människor en möjlighet”. Det säger Lars Hultman, vd för SFF, som sent igår kväll skapade en utlysning på 30 miljoner kronor för ukrainska forskare.
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Stor enkät: Så agerar universiteten på Putins krig mot Ukraina
Svenska lärosäten avslutar nu samarbeten med ryska och belarusiska statliga institutioner. Life Science Sweden har talat med samtliga svenska universitet med medicinska fakulteter. "Forskning är i sin natur internationell, men det är ingen tvekan om att här går stödet för de demokratiska principerna före”, är en av kommentarerna.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many opportunities with our lack of communication, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.
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A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen
A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and new stem cell therapies.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment
A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.
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Hon får nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance
Ewa Wikström får den nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance på Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet. Professuren skapas med hjälp av Carl Bennet, huvudägare i bland annat Getinge, Arjo och Lifco, samt en särskild satsning från Göteborgs universitet.
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Nystartade Cardo Health tar in Masha Feigelman som vice vd
Det digitala vårdbolaget Cardo Health startade som ett börsbolag under hösten 2021. Grundare är Tobias Strålin, tidigare partner på McKinsey. Nu rekryterar bolaget Masha Feigelman som vice vd. Hon får också titeln medgrundare.
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Novavax proteinvaccin ska få skeptiker att tänka om
Folkhälsomyndigheten rekommenderar nu proteinvaccinet från Novavax mot covid-19 som ett alternativ till mRNA-vaccinerna som erbjuds sedan tidigare. En viktig beståndsdel i Novavax vaccin tillverkas i Uppsala.
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GMS i samarbete med tyskt center inom precisionsmedicin
Centers for Personalized Medicine i Tyskland är ett av Europas ledande center inom precisionsmedicin. Nu går de in i ett samarbete med Genomic Medicine Sweden.
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Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible
A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tinnitus, which was demonstrated in a study made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute.
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“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”
“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.
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Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions
Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!
“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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