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FDA godkänner genterapi som kan bota medfödd dövhet
En genterapi mot medfödd dövhet har godkänts av FDA – och bolaget bakom planerar att erbjuda den gratis till patienter i USA.
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Anna Törner: Sänker FDA kraven på kliniska data?
Är den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA på väg att sänka ribban för att godkänna nya läkemedel? Den frågan ställer sig Anna Törner i en krönika – där hon också berättar hur hon själv ser på saken.
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Swedish industrial group Alfa Laval establishes pharmaceutical division
Alfa Laval is creating a new division focused on tailored solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
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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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GSK eyes blockbuster potential – plans five new trials
GSK sees blockbuster potential in its experimental drug candidate Mo-rez. Early trial results suggest the treatment may shrink tumours in patients with advanced and hard-to-treat gynaecological cancers.
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Sex lanseringar ska dubbla Sobi – ”Fyra potentiella blockbusters”
Läkemedelsbolaget Sobi siktar på att fördubbla sina intäkter till 55 miljarder kronor till år 2030. Bakom tillväxtplanen står sex lanseringar, varav fyra bedöms vara potentiella blockbusters.
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Disappointment for Diamyd in Phase III – the share price plunges
Diamyd Medical’s share was sharply down on Monday following negative Phase III results. “This outcome is highly unexpected,” said the company’s CEO, Ulf Hannelius.
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First injectable cancer medicine for home use receives green light
Johnson & Johnson has announced that its blockbuster cancer medicine Darzalex (daratumumab) is set to become the first injectable cancer treatment in Europe suitable for self-administration.
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Drug approved for condition causing extreme hunger
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time approved a drug for acquired hypothalamic obesity, a condition marked by rapid weight gain driven by often uncontrollable hunger.
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Sprint Bioscience builds the molecules that will become new medicines
In Sprint Bioscience’s laboratory in Flemingsberg, Huddinge, molecules are being created that no one has ever built before. The company specializes in preclinical drug development and has, in several cases, succeeded in securing deals and partnerships with larger pharmaceutical companies.
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Business Sweden: Skalbarhet avgör nästa fas för svensk ATMP
Avancerade terapiläkemedel (ATMP) är en svensk styrkegren, men när fältet nu mognar skiftar spelplanen. I nästa fas är det inte bara forskningen som står i fokus, utan också förmågan att skala upp och nå marknaden. Det framgår i en färsk rapport från Business Sweden.
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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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A food-based strategy to stop gut infections early
Most gastrointestinal infections are treated only after symptoms have already developed. Researcher Andreas Hougaard Laustsen-Kiel aims to reduce risk earlier by adding specially engineered binding proteins directly to food and animal feed.
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Lundbeck appoints Chief AI Officer
Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has appointed Markus Kede as Chief AI Officer. He will join the Executive Leadership Team and report to President and CEO Charl van Zyl.
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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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National cord blood bank resumes collection
The collection of umbilical cord blood is now resuming during planned caesarean sections at Östra Hospital in Gothenburg. The blood remaining in the placenta and umbilical cord after birth contains stem cells that can be used to treat conditions including leukaemia and severe immunodeficiency disorders.
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We are expanding our English-language coverage
Over a period of four weeks, one of Life Science Sweden's regular daily newsletters is being published entirely in English. The aim is to meet increasing demand and evaluate reader interest. (Swedish version below)
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New treatment recommended for children with brain tumours
The European Medicines Agency has recommended conditional approval of a new targeted treatment for children with the brain tumour pediatric low-grade glioma.
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International medical graduates leave Sweden in high numbers
Three years after completing their studies, 46 percent of international doctoral students who graduated in the medical field had left the country. This is shown in Statistics Sweden’s (SCB) analysis of researchers who graduated between 2017 and 2020.
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More than 150 jobs cut as Merck scales back vaccin production
Merck & Co, known as MSD in Europe, is hitting the brakes following a sharp decline in demand for its HPV vaccine Gardasil. Production at its facility in Durham, North Carolina, is now being halted, with more than 150 employees facing redundancy.
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Över 150 jobb bort när Merck drar ned på Gardasil
Merck & Co, som i Europa går under namnet MSD, drar i nödbromsen efter en kraftig nedgång i efterfrågan på HPV-vaccinet Gardasil. Nu stoppas produktionen vid anläggningen i Durham, North Carolina – och över 150 anställda varslas om uppsägning.
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Paul Chaplin steps down as CEO of Bavarian Nordic
Danish vaccine company Bavarian Nordic’s CEO, Paul Chaplin, is stepping down from his position for personal reasons.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Obesity, blockbusters and Swedish biotech”
The development of technologies to bypass the blood-brain barrier is particularly exciting right now, as it holds the potential to unlock new treatments for a range of neurological diseases, according to Samuel Lagercrantz.
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Anna Törner: ”Drug prices – an important driver of innovation”
We live under the illusion that no price is too high when it comes to health, but that simply isn’t true, writes Anna Törner.
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