Miljöpremie för läkemedel ska tas fram

Regeringen ger flera myndigheter i uppdrag att utveckla en miljöpremie som även ska med i läkemedelsförmånssystemet.

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.

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.

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.

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.

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Rekordmånga läser Life Science Sweden

Intresset för tidningen har ökat kraftigt. Under våren har antalet besökare tredubblats.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

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: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometimes referred to as precision medicine. Gene- and cell therapies have reached the market, exemplified by CAR-T cells, and the research pipeline is promising. In addition, the medical device field is constantly growing creating new solutions to address patient needs.

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.

Femte förslaget till regeringen från SwedenBio

Skärp målsättningen för deltagandet i EU:s ramprogram. Det är SwedenBios femte förslag inför den kommande forskningspropositionen.

Tio år av medicinsk triumf

Immunterapi mot cancer, malariamedicin och utvecklandet av provrörsbefruktning - Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin lämnar få oberörda. Här har vi sammanfattat de senaste tio årens makalösa upptäckter.

Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

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.

Tio år av medicinsk triumf

Malariamedicin, upptäckten av HIV-viruset och utvecklandet av provrörsbefruktning - nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin lämnar få oberörda. Här har vi sammanfattat de senaste tio årens makalösa pristagare och deras upptäckter.

E-hälsa viktigt för nära vård

– Vi behöver få fart på skiftet när det gäller att tillämpa smart teknik. Det sa vikarierande sjukvårdsminister Annika Strandhäll när hon tog emot utredarnas delbetänkande om utveckling för god och nära vård.

May Griffiths frias för oredlighet

Expertgruppen för oredlighet i forskning tycker inte att May Griffith varit oredlig i sin forskning, även om hon på en punkt förtjänar kritik.

Karessa startar nytt impotensprojekt

Omprioriterar bland projekten och påbörjar utveckling av ny impotensbehandling med vardenafil, den aktiva substansen i Levitra.

Prisar behandlingar mot parasiter

Tre forskare tilldelas årets upplaga av Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin för forskning på nya behandlingar mot parasitsjukdomar, som malaria.

Bactiguard får stororder

En order på 28 miljoner kronor förväntas få en positiv påverkan på årsresultatet.