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Gothenburg-based Anyo Labs gains ground in the AI race
In a fifty-square-metre space in Gothenburg sits a company aiming to secure its place on one of the world's hottest technological stages: AI-driven drug development. “We are driven by the technical challenge and by ensuring that we have the best possible tools,” the company’s CEO tells Life Science Sweden during our visit.
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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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Pfizer vinner budstriden om fetmauppstickaren Metsera
Pfizer har slutit ett avtal på 10 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 95 miljarder kronor, för att köpa det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget Metsera, efter att Novo Nordisk meddelat att de drar sig ur den intensiva budstriden.
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Läkemedelsjättar i bitter strid om fetmauppstickare
Ett budkrig har brutit ut inom fetmabehandlingar, där Pfizer och Novo Nordisk slåss med näbbar, klor och miljardbelopp om att få köpa det nystartade läkemedelsbolaget Metsera.
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Phase III win for Hansa Biopharma: “We Are Thrilled”
Swedish biotech Hansa Biopharma’s transplant drug imlifidase has met the primary efficacy endpoint in a registration-enabling Phase III study in the United States.
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Pfizer jagar fotfäste på obesitasmarknaden – förvärvar Metsera
Pfizer förvärvar amerikanska viktminskningsbolaget Metsera. Affären är initialt värd 4,9 miljarder dollar, motsvarande cirka 46 miljarder kronor, men kan stiga om vissa kliniska och regulatoriska mål uppnås
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Icelandic pharmaceutical company Alvotech to list on Nasdaq Stockholm
One of Iceland's largest companies, the pharmaceutical firm Alvotech, has announced its intention to list on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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FDA plans to replace animal testing with AI – “Paradigm shift”
The requirement for animal testing in drug development will be phased out and replaced by AI, according to an announcement by the FDA. The decision has been met with skepticism from the National Association for Biomedical Research.
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Aqilion's licensing journey: From Merck partnership to new opportunities
Be extremely meticulous with your scientific data, but spend just as much time and effort on business development. That piece of advice comes from Aqilion's CEO Sarah Fredriksson and is directed at biotech companies aiming to find a good licensing partner.
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Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?
Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it
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Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”
She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decided to make a change from within. Life Science Sweden meets Lina Nordquist, Member of Parliament for the Liberals and their spokesperson on healthcare policy, to have a conversation about reality, politics, and the need for writing.