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Omsusat diagnostikbolag byter namn
Det Lundbaserade diagnostikbolaget Aegirbio byter namn till Magnoral – ett namn som anses bättre passa företagets strategiska inriktning.
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Rapport: Så kan rest- och bristsituationer av läkemedel förebyggas
Läkemedelsverket presenterar i en ny delrapport ett 30-tal åtgärder för att förbättra tillgången till läkemedel.
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Mycket fokus på FoU hos Roche
Schweiziska Roche har läkemedelskandidater inom alltifrån onkologi till fetma och toppar när läkemedelsföretags pipelines listas. Ett skifte till ett allt större fokus på forskning och utveckling, menar Elin Gustavsson från Roche är en bidragande faktor.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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Nya miljardbesparingar på Pfizer
Den amerikanske läkemedelsjätten Pfizer aviserar ett sparprogram som ska sänka bolagets kostnader med 1,5 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 16 miljarder kronor, under de kommande tre åren.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Rekordfå ansökningar om kliniska prövningar i fjol
Antalet ansökningar om kliniska prövningar för läkemedel minskade rejält i fjol, enligt ny statistik från Läkemedelsverket.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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Sanofi och Novavax i samarbete om kombinerat covid- och influensavaccin
Franska Sanofi har tecknat ett licensavtal om försäljning av Novavax covidvaccin och om utvecklingen av nya kombinationsvaccin mot influensa och covid-19. Uppgörelsen innebär också att Sanofi blir minoritetsägare i det amerikanska bolaget.
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Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide
AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, but AstraZeneca claims that the decision is purely commercial.
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Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”
Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a possible explanation for why the disease is more prevalent in northern Europe.
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Ännu en stämning mot Pfizer om mRNA – GSK anklagar konkurrenten
Det brittiska läkemedelsföretaget GSK gör som Moderna och stämmer Pfizer och Biontech för mRNA-teknologi för covidvaccin.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.
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Nocebo – den onda tvillingen som får dig att må sämre
Placeboeffekten är väl känd inom vården – men det gäller inte dess motsats: nocebo. "Det är en liten effekt, men den kan få stora återverkningar", säger Uppsalaforskaren Charlotte Blease, medförfattare till en bok om fenomenet.
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The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine
The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast cancer, testifies to this.
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Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer
Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by an extensive Scandinavian study.
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Beta-blockers are often given unnecessarily, a study finds – “This will affect future practice”
Patients who have suffered a minor heart attack do not benefit from beta-blockers, according to a major new study that may change guidelines for cardiac care.
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Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease
A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Maria Belvisi at AstraZeneca.
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Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities
What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Karolinska Institutet and Sahlgrenska Academy.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Will the Swedish life science strategy be updated with precision?”
What will the Swedish government focus on in the life science strategy that is being updated? And what should be prioritized in the strategy? Life Science Sweden's editor-in-chief Samuel Lagercrantz highlights three areas.
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Pfizer styr om mot mer cancerforskning
Den amerikanska läkemedelsjätten Pfizer pekar ut områden som företaget satsar extra på i efterdyningarna av covidpandemin och den minskade efterfrågan på bolagets vaccin Comirnaty.
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”Vi uppmanar regeringen till krafttag”
DEBATT: Minskade satsningar på innovation inom life science riskerar Sveriges konkurrenskraft och folkhälsan. Det skriver företrädare för det strategiska innovationsprogrammet Swelife.
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