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Sverige arrangerar stor life science-konferens som del av EU-ordförandeskapet

Den 26-27 juni ska Sverige stå värd för ett europeisk möte om life science, berättar Jenni Nordborg, nationell life science-samordnare.

Cancerbolaget Anocca får EU-lån på 25 miljoner euro

Södertäljebaserade Anocca har säkrat ett lån på 25 miljoner euro från Europeiska investeringsbanken (EIB) för fortsatt utveckling av sina skräddarsydda cancerbehandlingar. Dessutom uppges företaget planera en finansieringsrunda modell större.

”Alla skriker efter talang”

Att locka till sig begåvningarna är en av life science-branschens stora framtidsutmaningar. Det var en av slutsatserna i det panelsamtal som avslutade konferensen New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing på torsdagen.

Svenskt DNA-vaccin i fokus — "Villigheten att dela data och kompetens har varit en nyckel"

Utvecklingen av ett svenskt DNA-baserat covidvaccin som ska ge bredare immunitet mot sars-cov-2-virusets olika varianter och mutationer är på väg in i klinisk fas. Projektet och dess utveckling beskrevs i en presentation på eventet New Horizons på

Hansa tar in 416 miljoner inför potentiell USA-lansering

Hansa Biopharma har tagit in 416 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission. Tillskottet ska bland annat användas för att förbereda för en möjlig USA-lansering av företagets behandling för personer i behov av njurtransplantation.

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation dose in patients, he is setting out to develop a framework for virtual clinical trials

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered by us one of the most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a mild Covid infection.

Ny ordförande för Atlas Antibodies

Åsa Riisberg, styrelseproffs och tidigare partner i EQT, tar över ordförandeklubban i Atlas Antibodies.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available in clinics”, says Christel Bergström, who is heading the project.

Outsourcing som strategi för ökad trovärdighet

Idag, torsdag, pågår Life Science Swedens event Pharma Outsourcing på Stockholm Waterfront. Under en av föreläsningarna jämfördes för- och nackdelar med att ta sig an uppgifter och problem internt med att köpa in tjänster.

Astra Zeneca köper immunterapibolaget Neogene i miljardaffär

Affären väntas slutföras i början av nästa år och har en prislapp om 320 miljoner dollar, motsvarande 3,37 miljarder kronor.

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees the anniversary as a recognition of MVA’s explosive power.

Topplista innovationer: Så gjorde vi

Det är en grannlaga uppgift att ranka svenska innovationer då det finns många aspekter att ta hänsyn till. Kan man ens jämföra ett läkemedel med en medicinteknisk produkt?

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.

Dynamic Codes vd slutar

Diagnostikföretaget Dynamic Codes vd Louise Nylén har beslutat sig för att lämna sin post.

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.

Astra Zeneca ger upp om covidvaccinet Vaxzevria i USA – drar tillbaka ansökan