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Lilly recruits top Swedish researcher in Alzheimer´s
One of Sweden's leading Alzheimer's researchers, Oskar Hansson, has been recruited by pharma giant Eli Lilly and will be moving to the USA.
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Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men
The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while no such association was found in men, according to a new large Swedish study.
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Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”
”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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In search of Marcel Proust's lost health
A great writer, but also a weak person and a hypochondriac. That has been the usual image of Marcel Proust. But the pediatrician and literary scholar Carl Lindgren paints a partly different picture in a new book about the French master's life, health and attitude towards physicians.
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Lilly´s Nordic manager on Mounjaro launch in Sweden: "Patients deserve respect"
Another blockbuster diabetes and obesity drug has made its way into the Swedish market – with promises of a stable supply and availability for patients. “What we see is a significant unmet need, so we are expecting to have quite a good welcoming in the market", says Daniel Lucas, Managing Director Nordic Countries at the American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
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”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”
Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.
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A new life science cluster formed – “We are very strong in talent”
Stockholm and Uppsala’s joint life science cluster aims to be among the best in Europe. Pontus Holm, Life Science Coordinator for Region Stockholm, says the decision to create a joint profile for the two cities is strongly supported. He mentions that around 50 stakeholders were asked last winter if they were in favour of a joint cluster and that “the answer was a resounding yes”.
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Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug
Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the billion-selling GLP1 analogues. ‘‘Basically, I expect all the beneficial effects that they have, but not the same side effect profile,’’ company founder Dorte X Gram said in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Moderna fälls efter 20 000-kronorserbjudande till barn
Moderna kritiseras i Storbritannien för ett felaktigt meddelande där barn erbjöds 1 500 pund, motsvarande över 20 000 kronor, för deltagande i en klinisk studie av bolagets covid-vaccin.
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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”
”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence intervals”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”
A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiology at Lund University, radiology is a field that is well suited to the technology.
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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak
”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be respected, to not have their identity overshadowed by their condition”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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My Moberg blir ny direktör på Läkemedelsverket
My Moberg tar över rollen som direktör för verksamhetsområdet tillstånd hos Läkemedelsverket.
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Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’
Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other industries for inspiration and knowledge.
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Life science-staden Göteborg – Vi är ”Lilla Boston”
I Västsverige satsar man på life science inom alltifrån avancerade terapiläkemedel till femtech. Samtidigt blickar aktörerna mot andra branscher för inspiration och kunskap.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Christina Östberg Lloyd satsar på eget – ”Jag är full av energi”
Efter över tjugo år på olika tjänster inom life science-företag satsar Christina Östberg Lloyd på eget som konsult. ”Detta öppnar upp helt nya perspektiv och möjligheter”, säger hon till Life Science Sweden.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor och serieentreprenör med känsla för fart
Prisbelönt cancerforskare, grundare av en hel drös börsbolag, ständigt i den akademiska och kommersiella hetluften under flera decennier. Men Carl Borrebaeck, professor i immunteknologi i Lund, är inte nöjd än. ”Vi har ett nytt, potentiellt superspännande projekt på gång”, säger han.
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Svensk smärtapp får patent i Europa
Lundbaserade Paindrainer har beviljats europeiskt patent för sin AI-baserade plattform för hantering av kronisk smärta.
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”We need compatibility“
Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on efficient and secure management of patient data and equal access to medicines.
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"Patienterna får ingen jämlik behandling inom landet"
Satsningar på effektiv och säker hantering av patientdata och jämlik tillgång till läkemedel är något av vad Penilla Gunther, grundare av Fokus Patient och ordförande för European Patient Safety Foundation, önskar av den kommande life science-strategin.
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