Serendipity går in som storägare i Link

Det norska kontraktsforskningsföretaget Link Medical ingår ett partnerskap med Serendipity partners, som går in som delägare och långsiktig investerare i bolaget.

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

Gammal vänskap ger nytt samarbete mellan konsultbolag

Konsultbolaget SDS Life Science och danska Ozack Aps inleder ett samarbete. Syftet är att kunna erbjuda en större bredd av tjänster, både geografiskt och disciplinärt.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CTR etablerar regulatoriska tjänster i nytt företag – ska komplettera Regsmart

CTR startar ett nytt bolag som ska stödja kunder med regulatoriska tjänster, och som ska komplettera Regsmart.

Astra Zeneca flyttar till Life City i Hagastaden

Life City i Hagastaden fylls på med hyresgäster. Nu står det klart att Astra Zeneca kommer att flytta delar av sin verksamhet till life science-klustret.

Regsmart rekryterar Gunilla Nygård

Konsultföretaget Regsmart Life Science, med säte i Uppsala, anställer Gunilla Nygård som senior projektledare.

Britt-Marie Frost blir ny forskningschef hos Barncancerfonden

Som ny forskningschef kommer Britt-Marie Frost leda och utveckla Barncancerfondens forskningsstrategi.

Nordic Biomarkers vd: “Vi ska konkurrera mot de absolut största”

I mars i år flyttade Nordic Biomarker in i nya större lokaler på det gamla regementsområdet i Umeå. Och de större lokalerna behövs. Företaget har gått från 35 till 75 anställda på fyra år och bolagets vd tror på fortsatt expansion.

Sixera inleder klinisk studie för behandling mot sällsynt hudsjukdom

Det svenska biotechbolaget Sixera Pharma har inlett rekrytering till sin första kliniska studie av läkemedelskandidaten SXR1096. Målet: att utveckla den första effektiva behandlingen av den sällsynta och allvarliga hudsjukdomen Nethertons syndrom.

Toxicology Knowledge Team rekryterar ny vd

Suzanne Iverson Hemberg tar över vd-tjänsten på TKT i Sverige med start den 1 mars 2022.

Pharmnovo får patent i Kanada för läkemedel mot nervsmärta

Bioläkemedelsföretaget Pharmanovos läkemedel mot neuropatisk smärta har fått patent i Kanada och finns därmed på världens större marknader.

Bioscience-möte på Karolinska samlar medicinsk forskarelit

Sveriges Ingenjörer om ojämlika biotech-löner: "Arbetsgivaren måste ta större ansvar"

Kvinnliga ingenjörer inom life science får lägre ingångslöner än sina manliga kollegor. ”Det ger helt fel signaler – varför ska du välja ett yrke där du vet att du får lägre lön som kvinna", säger Ulrika Lindstrand, förbundsordförande för Sveriges Ingenjörer.

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.

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.