Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.

”Bedragarna som brann för sina medicinföretag”

Life Science Swedens chefredaktör Samuel Lagercrantz kommenterar det nu aktuella Theranos-fallet och drar paralleller till en annan medicinskandal – som briserade i Sverige för mer än 35 år sedan.

Axlade tunga uppdraget – nu prisas vaccinkändisen Richard Bergström

Pandemin var i full gång, och ingen visste när eller ens om ett vaccin skulle komma. I det läget ringde socialministern med ett förslag – och Richard Bergström tvekade inte. – Jag hade redan en bild av att det här kommer att gå, säger han till Life Science Sweden.

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

VD:n om att bygga världsföretag: ”Utveckla inte läkemedel för Nobelpris”

För att bygga ett medicinskt företag i världsklass krävs fyra grundelement, enligt Ascelia Pharmas vd Magnus Corfitzen. – Tre av dem blir ni inte överraskade av. Den fjärde, I don´t know, sa han när han talade på The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science.

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

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.

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish governments, the timing of The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science conference could not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.

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.

Spago väljer huvudkandidat

Utvecklar nanopartiklar för tumörselektiv strålning – Nästa steg är proof of concept.

Björn Arvidsson: Osjälviska aktörer framgångsrika i ekosystemen

“Berusad” efter att ha deltagit i eventet Uppsala Life som samlade 300 deltagare i Uppsala-regionen för att diskutera förutsättningar för framgångsrik life science har jag några viktiga reflektioner.

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.

"Att välja en CMO är som att ingå ett äktenskap"

Välj partner omsorgsfullt och ta kontakt tidigt var två slutsatser från mötet Pharma Outsourcing.

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.

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duties of the Life Sciences office are plentiful.

How to become globally competitive

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

The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as the biggest CRMO of the country.