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“We develop vaccines no one else is developing”
Vaccines delivered via patches rather than injections. Future solutions could fundamentally reshape global health. Meet the man leading efforts to distribute vaccines where the need is greatest.
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GLP-1 profile leaves Novo Nordisk after 36 years
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, one of the key figures behind Novo Nordisk’s success in obesity medicines, is leaving the company after more than three decades.
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Hims & Hers siktar på över 100 000 Wegovy-recept i månaden
Hims & Hers räknar med att skriva ut över 100 000 recept per månad för fetmaläkemedlet Wegovy, efter ett nytt samarbete med Novo Nordisk.
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“Ozempic babies” – myth or reality?
Have weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic led to a rise in unplanned pregnancies? Life Science Sweden takes a closer look.
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Novo Nordisk sluter fred med Hims & Hers – och sänker priserna
Efter en månads rättslig konflikt inleder Novo Nordisk ett samarbete med det amerikanska telehälsobolaget Hims & Hers kring GLP-1-behandlingar.
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Thermo Fisher Expands in Sweden – “We Are Sending a Clear Message”
The American life science giant Thermo Fisher Scientific has inaugurated a new distribution center in Uppsala. “By investing in increasing our capacity as well as our R&D here in Uppsala, we are building resilience for decades, not quarters,” says Santhosh Nair of Thermo Fisher.
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Lost in the recruitment process? How hiring really works today
As recruitment becomes increasingly automated, candidates are expected to adapt to both human and algorithmic decision-making. Career coach Tina Persson outlines why the process feels unfair – and how jobseekers can approach it more strategically.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”As uncertainty grows, clarity becomes a strength”
Sweden has all the prerequisites to be a strong life science nation. But in a time of geopolitical tension, shorter value chains and growing demands for resilience, it is no longer enough to be “good at many things”, Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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“BioArctic is Leqembi, but also much more”
What once began as a small Swedish biotech company has grown into a fully fledged pharmaceutical company with global reach. At the helm is Gunilla Osswald, who joined early on and is now leading BioArctic into its next era.
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Finland leads the way in the hunt for international top researchers
Several Nordic initiatives are currently under way to recruit international top researchers. Finland is making its largest national investment ever in attracting leading talent from abroad.
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Hims & Hers backar om Wegovy-piller efter hot om rättsliga åtgärder
Det nätbaserade telehälsobolaget Hims & Hers drar tillbaka lanseringen av sin extemporeberedda version av Novo Nordisks viktminskningspiller Wegovy, efter påtryckningar från den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.
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Billigare Wegovy-kopia skakar fetmajätte
Amerikanska Hims & Hers erbjuder nu extemporeberedda Wegovy-piller till kraftigt reducerat pris. Det ökar pressen på Novo Nordisk som nu slår tillbaka med hot om stämning.
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Swedish drug development projects in Phase III – studies to keep an eye on
Developing new medicines is, as we know, a lengthy and uncertain process, and only a fraction of all projects ever reach late clinical phase. But it does happen – and here we highlight a number of promising Swedish drug candidates currently in Phase III that are worth watching more closely.
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Atrogi on its challenger to GLP-1: “Now we are stepping forward”
A new approach to treating type 2 diabetes and obesity is taking shape in a laboratory just a stone’s throw from the Karolinska Institute. At Atrogi, researchers are developing a potential challenger to today’s GLP-1.
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List: The companies behind 38 new pharmaceutical substances in the EU
In 2025, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended 104 medicines for approval. Of these, 38 contained a new active substance that had never before been authorised in the EU. Life Science Sweden has mapped the companies and countries behind the new substances.
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“There’s no magic wand” – The urgent need for new treatments
One in ten women with recurrent yeast infections develops a stubborn, hard-to-treat condition for which no effective therapies currently exist. At Danderyd Hospital, researcher Cathrin Alvendal at the Women’s Clinic research unit is working to change that. This is the second instalment in Life Science Sweden’s series on fungi.
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”Trickier than bacteria”: Why severe fungal infections are on the rise
There’s a reason Earth is sometimes called the planet of fungi. These ancient organisms – billions of years old and more closely related to animals than to plants – underpin life on Earth. Yet they can also cause serious illness. This is the first instalment in Life Science Sweden’s series on fungi.
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Southern Swedish company Aqilion develops drug for eosinophilic esophagitis
When Aqilion began developing a drug for eosinophilic esophagitis, the molecule was classified as an orphan drug. But the prevalence of the disease now appears to be increasing. “We needed a molecule that is extremely selective,” said the company’s CEO, Sarah Fredriksson, during a meeting last week.
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The vaccine has saved 94 million lives – but measles is spreading again
A disease we once believed belonged to the past is now resurging in both Europe and the United States. In the shadow of growing skepticism and declining vaccination coverage, measles – which has claimed millions of lives throughout history – is making a comeback.
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Many discontinue obesity medication – new study highlights the reasons
A new study maps out the most common reasons why patients choose to stop taking obesity medication prematurely. “Obesity medication discontinuation reverses health benefits and prompts weight regain in most individuals,” says Hamlet Gasoyan, one of the researchers behind the new study, in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Hjärtövervakning vid bröstcancer sätts under lupp
Trastuzumab och efterföljande läkemedel har revolutionerat bröstcancervården och ökat överlevnaden markant. Men övervakningen av patienter för hjärtbiverkningar kan vara belastande både för patienter och vård. Läkaren Andri Papakonstantinou arbetar för att identifieringen av vilka som verkligen behöver noggrann övervakning ska förbättras.
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Heart Monitoring in Breast Cancer – Essential or Excessive?
Trastuzumab and related drugs have transformed breast cancer treatment and dramatically improved survival rates. But the close cardiac monitoring required during treatment can be a heavy burden for both patients and healthcare systems. Dr. Andri Papakonstantinou is working to refine how doctors identify which patients truly need intensive follow-up.
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Novo Nordisk cuts ties with Hims & Hers after Wegovy dispute
Novo Nordisk is ending its collaboration with Hims & Hers Health due to concerns about the company’s sales and marketing practices related to the weight-loss drug Wegovy.
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Novo Nordisk kapar banden med Hims & Hers efter Wegovy-strid
Novo Nordisk avslutar samarbetet med Hims & Hers Health. Anledningen är oro kring företagets försäljning och marknadsföring av viktläkemedlet Wegovy.
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