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From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”
A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic region with vaccines during a future pandemic. These are some of the projects underway at NorthX Biologics – under the direction of new CEO Janet Hoogstraate.
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Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”
”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain market share compared to generics, and new biosimilars do not always lead to lower prices” writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”
Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, Head of Unit at the Swedish Medical Products Agency, who continues to persistently spread her
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Novavax löser tvist om covidvaccin med vaccinorganisation
Det amerikanska vaccinbolaget Novavax har nu löst en tvist med den globala vaccinalliansen Gavi. Tvisten grundar sig i ett upphävt avtal om covidvaccin.
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KI’s new super machine measures brain activity in real-time – “A very expensive hairdo”
Using brand-new, super-advanced equipment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now measure brain activity in real-time, with higher resolution than previously possible. “This opens up fantastic opportunities”, says brain researcher Daniel Lundqvist.
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Rising interest in CRISPR treatments
Treatments using CRISPR technology are emerging as one of the hottest medical trends in the United States – and the FDA is doing its best to promote the development.
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Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!
Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now been reported to the police.
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Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work
A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story of a Swedish entrepreneur who was going to raise US venture capital to strengthen his company but lost his life’s work instead.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study
”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess the magnitude of the treatment effect before performing the study?” writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a column.
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Synact Pharmas forskningschef framför kritik mot bolaget
Forskningsbolaget Synact Pharma forskningschef Thomas Jonassen framför kritik mot hur bolaget har hanterat situationen efter höstens studieresultat från studierna Expand och Resolve samt påtalar brister i kommunikationen.
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”Informationssäkerhet måste bli en del av life science-strategin”
Doktorander och post-docs har kunnat utnyttja kunskaper de fått i Sverige för industriella konkurrensfördelar eller militära tillämpningar i sina hemländer, skriver Björn Ursing i en debattartikel där han framför att informationssäkerhet bör tas in som en del av den svenska life science-strategin.
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Suing the company – for NOT developing a new HIV drug
Was Gilead putting a steady flow of profits from its cash cow ahead of developing a new and safer drug? According to a large number of US HIV patients in a legal case with an unusual twist, the answer is yes.
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Acquisition of consulting company Key2Compliance
The Swedish company Key2Compliance, offering services in fields such as pharma and Medtech, has been acquired by German GBA Group.
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Läste inte det finstilta – miste sitt livsverk
I ena stunden hyllad vd och medgrundare till ett banbrytande labbföretag – i nästa avskedad, utkastad och raderad ur bolagets historia. Här är historien om hur en svensk entreprenör skulle ta in amerikanskt riskkapital för att stärka företaget, men i stället blev av med sitt livsverk.
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Nytt scale up-program för life science-företag startar i Sydsverige
Inkubatorn Smile tillsammans med Medicon Village vill hjälpa bolag att nå sin fulla potential. Nu har de startat ett scale up-program för etablerade life science-företag.
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Ny vd på Wntresearch
Malmöbaserade Wntreserach har anställt en ny vd. Per Norlén tar över stafettpinnen efter Pernilla Sandwall som varit vd för bolaget sedan 2022.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?
The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significance level. But what does that mean? Read Ingrid Lönnstedt´s column to learn more.
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Anna Törner: ”Wegovy kommer få användning långt utöver de rent medicinska indikationerna”
Wegovy är avsedd för rejält överviktiga, men förskrivningen kommer knappast att begränsas till dem som har en svårt medicinskt belastande övervikt, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Avancerade terapier på frammarsch – ”Utmaningarna är stora”
Utvecklingen av läkemedel för avancerad terapi sker snabbt och runt om i landet startas nu flera centrum för att tillgängliggöra den nya läkemedelsgruppen. Möjligheterna är enorma men utmaningarna är också stora.
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A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”
A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can make a difference for many people is important to me,” says Christine Hägglund, Laboratory Manager.
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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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Petter Hartman: ”Uppenbart att något måste göras på systemnivå“
Kostnaderna för svensk hälso- och sjukvård har ökat kraftigt de senaste decennierna och prognoserna tyder inte på att något trendbrott är att vänta framöver. Hur ska vi klara finansieringen av framtidens vård? Ett svar på frågan är ökade investeringar i prevention.
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The art of building a biologic drug
The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “We do everything in-house ‒ from DNA fragments to a final process,” says David Vikström, Chief Technology Officer at the company.
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Novo Nordisk sues compounding pharmacies in the US
Novo Nordisk is suing compounding pharmacies in Florida, USA, because the company claims to have found impurities in the active ingredient in the obesity drug Wegovy.
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