Ny behandling mot allvarlig hudsjukdom godkänns i EU

En ny behandling riktad mot skov av den allvarliga hudsjukdomen generaliserad pustulös psoriasis (GPP) har fått ett villkorat marknadsgodkännande i EU.

Astra Zeneca nådde inte mål i lungcancerstudie

Ny ordförande för Atlas Antibodies

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

Vicore tar in 200 miljoner — utvecklar behandling mot lungfibros

Göteborgsbaserade Vicore Pharma, som utvecklar behandlingar för svåra lungsjukdomar, har tagit in 200 miljoner kronor via en riktad nyemission.

Rhovac gör omvänt förvärv av danskt bolag

Istället för likvidation – nu ingår Rhovac avtal om ett omvänt förvärv av precisionsonkologi-bolaget Chosa. På onsdag väntas beslut om förvärvet att klubbas på en extra bolagsstämma.

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.

“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?

Atlas Antibodies flyttar till Forskaren – "Viktigt steg"

Bioteknikbolaget Atlas Antibodies flyttar sitt huvudkontor till Forskaren i Hagastaden.

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and John Zibert will be the CEO.

Xbranes nyemission gav 170 miljoner inför kommande Europalansering

Xbrane, ett bolag som utvecklar biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 170 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission.

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.

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.

Karriärcoachen: Så är du en bra chef – och det här ska du undvika

Hösten har dragit igång och därmed har många bytt jobb – kanske har du landat ett chefsjobb och funderar på hur du nu ska agera. Enligt karriärcoachen Tina Persson är det viktigaste att förstå sin position i företaget för att kunna vara en bra chef.

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for the drug doses they should take.

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.

Ny biosimilar för ögonbehandling har godkänts i USA

Den första biosimilaren för alla fem indikationerna av Roches storsäljare Lucentis har godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

Innovationshubben i Matfors har haft sin första kund – "Full fart nu"

nu, och det är väldigt kul", säger Eva-Karin Gidlund, Head of Alliance and Innovation Management på Northx, till Life Science Sweden.

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.

Tyskt bioteknikföretag utvecklar test för apkoppsviruset

R-Biopharm har tagit fram ett PCR-test för att påvisa apkoppsvirus. Testet lanseras om några veckor.

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.