Mikael Kubista back with new venture after turbulent exit

Entrepreneur and researcher Mikael Kubista is starting a new company. Now he is also free to comment on the sequence of events that led to him losing ownership of his life's work – the company Tataa Biocenter. “Not only did they take our company away from us. They followed up by showering us with lawsuits,” he says.

Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away

A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 out of 21 regions in Sweden. It is also used in neighbouring Nordic countries. “Extremely

Marie Gårdmark: “What to expect from Trump’s second term?”

One may complain about the complex multinational system in EU, but it gives us some predictability that cannot be easily overturned by different member states political agendas, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

What will be the next big hype after obesity? – An expert panel highlighted their top picks

What will be the next big trend in life science? Everything from Alzheimer’s, Crispr and Omics were highlighted when the issue was debated at this year’s major life science event in Lund.

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her opening speech in the Swedish pavilion at the ReBuild Ukraine fair.

The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”

When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that it will change,” says Helena Lüning of the industry organisation ASCRO.

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“

You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good conditions for growing new solutions, but it is also becoming increasingly clear that we are challenged in one area – regulations, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.

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.

Tusentals personuppgifter kan ha läckt vid covidtester

Förra året gjorde svenskarna över 14 miljoner PCR-tester för att påvisa covid-19. Nu har forskare vid Umeå universitet upptäckt att personuppgifter kan ha läckt från de företag som hanterade testerna.

A+ Science får ny chef för Clinical Operations

Eva Fredriksson blir Head of Clinical Operations på A+ Science.

Han tar plats på Pharmacolog

Markku Matkoski är ny utvecklingschef på det Uppsalabaserade bolaget.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Pengaregn över hälsoprojekt

22 projekt inom läkemedel, medtech och e-hälsa delar på 20,5 miljoner i Vinnova-utlysning.

Wallenbergmiljarder till AI

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse satsar miljardbelopp på att stärka Sverige som AI-nation.

Hon tar medicinteknik till SDS

SDS gör en satsning på medicinteknik och anställer Stina Johansen som director medical device.

BrainCool till Japan

Det Lundabaserade medtechbolaget Braincool har tecknat ett distributionsavtal med Fingal Link i Japan.

Viktigt att avsätta tid

Arbetet inför en börsnotering är enormt tidskrävande, sade Rein Piir från Camurus, Linda Holmström från Recipharm och Per Wester, Alzinova, under ett lunchseminarium igår, där alla bjöd på sina bästa tips.

Underlättar jakten på experter

Monocl lanserar verktyg för att hitta och hålla kontakt med experter inom life science.

Product Specialist at Gradientech AB, Uppsala

Braincool siktar på CE-märkning

Tar första klivet mot certifiering av sitt kylsystem mot organskador.

90 miljoner till SME-företag

Alligator Bioscience, Glionova och 1928 Diagnostics är tre av de företag som delar på 90 miljoner kronor i Vinnovas Forska och Väx-utlysning.

Vill underlätta för medtech i USA

Enklare regler för FDA-godkännande kan vara på väg.