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Roche-bolag kapar tjänster
Genentech säger upp 118 medarbetare vid huvudkontoret i South San Francisco i sin tredje nedskärningsrunda för året.
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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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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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Anna Törner: “My quantified life”
“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the more we measure, the more we know,” Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Anna Törner: ”Mitt kvantifierade liv”
”Uttrycket om att man inte ser skogen för alla träd känns nyaktuellt i kontexten wearbales. Det är lätt att fångas av tanken att ju mer vi mäter, desto mer vet vi”, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality
What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease
According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases of the aggressive cancer mesothelioma.
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Studie: Cancervaccin förlängde överlevnad vid svårbehandlad tumörsjukdom
En kombination av det norska företaget Ultimovacs cancervaccin och två immunterapier gav en signifikant förlängd överlevnad mot den aggressiva cancerformen mesoteliom, enligt en ny studie.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients
In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far
Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”
”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigård writes in a column.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Sveriges plan: Vill köpa vaccin mot apkoppor
Sverige kommer att delta i EU:s planerade inköp av vaccin och medicin mot apkoppor, enligt regeringskansliet.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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850 miljoner kronor till svensk cancerforskning
Cancerfonden kommer i år att dela ut 850 miljoner kronor till cancerforskning. Totalt får 230 forskningsprojekt dela på pengarna.
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Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system
Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.
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Upcoming event: New updates on drugs
At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.
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Femte förslaget till regeringen från SwedenBio
Skärp målsättningen för deltagandet i EU:s ramprogram. Det är SwedenBios femte förslag inför den kommande forskningspropositionen.
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150-åring skrivs om vid högt tryck
Periodiska systemet firar i år 150 år. Under detta jubileumsår presenterar Chalmersforskaren Martin Rahm ytterligare en dimension till systemet vilket ger helt nya förutsättningar för materialforskning.
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Viktig forskarvän fyller 150 år
Denna banbrytande idé kan i år stoltsera med hela 150 år på nacken. Det är nämligen så länge sedan Dmitrij Mendelejev presenterade sin första version av periodiska systemet.
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Bayer skär ned kraftigt
Den tyska kemijätten ska omstrukturera läkemedelsforskningen och konsumenthälsodelen av bolaget och skär ned med 900 tjänster.
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Efterlysning: Organdonatorer
När Socialstyrelsen presenterar sin statistik över organdonationer under året, står en sak klar. De tillgängliga organen räcker inte.
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Cellatlasen publicerar unika resultat i Science
Human protein atlas-projektet publicerar nu den första övergripande kartan över var proteinerna befinner sig i cellen. Artikeln återfinns i Science.
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