14 nyvalda ledamöter till IVA

Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien, IVA, har utsett 14 nya ledamöter. Elva av dem finns vid svenska företag och lärosäten medan de andra tre är knutna till utländska institutioner.

Stockholm-Uppsala life science cluster in brief

Stockholm-Uppsala evolves around the research at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. Typical areas of research are protein research, neuroscience and cancer.

Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

DNA extraktion och rening med magnetkulor

Applied Biosystems använder sig av magnetkuleteknik i sin nya produkt MagMAX DNA Multi-Sample Kits, som är till för användning vid extraktion och upprening av DNA.

Ny professor startskott för LiU-satsning

May Griffith är ny professor i regenerativ medicin på Linköpings universitet och hennes kompetens blir startskottet för universitetets satsning på området.

EU-larmet om antibiotikaläget överdrivet

Enligt EU finns det bara 15 läkemedelskandidater i världen som kan bli avgörande för bekämpningen av multiresistenta bakterier. Siffran orsakade ett larm när rapporten presenterades i mitten av september. Men undersökningen tar bara hänsyn till substanser i klinisk fas.

Getinge får ny områdeschef

Med erfarenheter från bland annat Unilever, Orkla och Carlsberg blir Alex Meyers affärschef på området extended care inom Getingekoncernen.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

50 får gå från Pfizer - vd slutar

Pfizers vd Niklas Prager lämnar bolaget i samband med en omorganisation som träder i kraft i april.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

First ever study of human stem cell treatment

The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.

Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth

The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $68 billion. The Boards of Directors of both companies have said yes to the deal that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.

A smart company takes care of its best

Lundbeck didn't have to look far to find it's new international Director of Marketing. The talent was already in the house.

Almost 150 will leave Coloplast

The Danish medtech company Coloplast negotiates headcount reductions, with a total number of almost 150 employees.

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Biovitrum sells UK part

Biovitrum will soon spin-out a British subsidary

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Swedish multi competent machine soon launched

The Swedish company Biosensor will launch new equipment able to detect twelve different narcotics and explosives simultaneously.

Abbott expands by acquisition

An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.

Ten recieve the Venture Cup West Prize

At this year´s Venture Cup West awards the 10 best business ideas in Venture Cup West 08/09 were chosen, receiving SEK 10 000 each.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.

Elekta gets ok from China

The Swedish medtech comapny Elekta has received approval from the Chinese authority State Food and Drug Administration, SFDA, to sell its linear accelerator in China.