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The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list
Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows
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Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group
The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.
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The TFS family is growing
TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.
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Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring
The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.
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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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Konferens om läkemedelsformuleringar samlar branschen i Köpenhamn
Idag pågår den tionde upplagan av New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability 2022 i Köpenhamn.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?
Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Novartis plan: att knoppa av Sandoz
Den schweiziska läkemedelsjätten Novartis planerar att knoppa av sin generika- och biosimilardivision Sandoz och göra den till ett fristående bolag.
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Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity
American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the discovery will lead to new treatments that can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Startup-bolaget vill bli nästa Olink
Inte ens ett år gamla har Rarity Bioscience fått anslag från Swelife och Medtech4health. Nu hoppas vd:n Linus Bosaeus att deras teknik för detektion av mutationer i blodprov hos cancerpatienter ska nå laboratorier redan nästa år.
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Keyplants får stororder från Galderma
Keyplant ska bygga en life science-anläggning för Galderma i Uppsala, en order som för Keyplant är värd 75 miljoner euro, motsvarande cirka 787 miljoner kronor.
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström to Life Science Sweden.
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Företaget som gör apkoppsvaccin: Vi kan producera 30 miljoner doser
Det plötsliga utbrottet av apkoppor gör att ett stort antal länder världen över vill köpa det enda godkända vaccinet mot sjukdomen. Det tillverkas av ett företag i Danmark. – Vi har väldigt mycket att göra nu, konstaterar Rolf Sass Sörensen, Vice President Investor Relations på Bavarian Nordic, till Life Science Sweden.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Ingen efterfrågan på nya covidvaccinet – "Måste sannolikt kasseras"
Bara knappt sex tusen doser har hittills getts av covidvaccinet från Novavax i Sverige. Kvar i lager finns över 1,4 miljoner doser. "Det är sannolikt så att de måste kasseras. Det finns ingen efterfrågan, vare sig i Sverige eller globalt", säger Sveriges nationella vaccinsamordnare Richard Bergström till Life Science Sweden.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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Miljontillskott ska ta Oncodias cancerdiagnostik till marknaden
Cancerdiagnostikföretaget Oncodia har tagit in 8,5 miljoner i en investeringsrunda för att bygga en starkare marknads- och säljorganisation.
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Keyplants byggde vaccinfabrik på rekordtid – nu är den på väg till Afrika
På mindre än åtta månader har svenska Keyplants byggt en tillverkningsanläggning för bland annat covidvaccin till Senegal.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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Hon ska leda GSK:s spin-off inom konsumenthälsa
Haleon – så lyder namnet på det nya bolag inom konsumenthälsa som inom kort knoppas av från brittiska läkemedelsjätten Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK. – Den här lanseringen är en milstolpe för oss på resan mot att bli ett nytt, fristående bolag, säger Anja Schwarz, Sverigechef för den nya organisationen, till Life Science Sweden.
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Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way
A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.
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