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Årets opinionsartiklar 2023
Nu lider 2023 mot sitt slut. Här är några av krönikorna, debattartiklarna och ledarna från det gångna året från Life Science Sweden och systertidningarna Medtech Magazine och Fokus Hjälpmedel.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?
The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significance level. But what does that mean? Read Ingrid Lönnstedt´s column to learn more.
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Julefrid ger läsetid – 10 artikeltips från redaktionen
När julstöket är avklarat, magen fått sitt och släkten avlägsnat sig lägger sig den stora friden – och kanske vaknar läslusten?
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Karriärcoachen: Så får du arbetsmarknadens mest eftertraktade egenskap
”Hur ska man kunna hänga med?”. Det är en fråga många ställer sig när den tekniska utvecklingen nu rusar fram. Men, enligt karriärcoachen Tina Persson ska du fokusera på något helt annat.
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The International Vaccine Institute’s office in Sweden is expanding
The International Vaccine Institute’s Stockholm office has been open for over a year. During the past year, training programmes and projects have been launched, says Anh Wartel, Head of the office.
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Ny utbildning sätter AI-verktygen i forskarnas händer
Runt om i landet startar utbildningar om artificiell intelligens, några med särskild inriktning mot medicinsk forskning. Life Science Sweden har talat med Kristian Samuelsson, en av initiativtagarna till en ny kurs vid Sahlgrenska akademin.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas
Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in which we can see some long-awaited positive developments.
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Chat GPT gav fel svar och hittade på referenser
Enligt en ny amerikansk studie kan Chat GPT vara farlig att vända sig till med medicinska frågor. Men att den hajpade chattboten hittar på egna fakta förvånar inte läkaren och AI-profilen Max Gordon.
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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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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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The art of building a biologic drug
The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “We do everything in-house ‒ from DNA fragments to a final process,” says David Vikström, Chief Technology Officer at the company.
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Novo Nordisk sues compounding pharmacies in the US
Novo Nordisk is suing compounding pharmacies in Florida, USA, because the company claims to have found impurities in the active ingredient in the obesity drug Wegovy.
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”Lös problemen i journalsystemet Take Care”
Ett sjukhus eller region fungerar idag som ett stort nätverk av tjänster och behöver därför öka analysförmågan av hela det tekniska nätverket för att förkorta allvarliga driftsavbrott såsom det pågående driftstoppet i journalsystemet Take Care, skriver Niclas Molander i ett debattinlägg.
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Rapport pekar ut hinder för precisionsmedicin
Införandet av precisionsmedicin bromsas upp av hinder som otillräcklig gentestning, kompetensbrist och svårigheter att få tillgång till hälsodata, enligt en ny rapport.
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Vinnova vill satsa på precisionsmedicin
Vinnova anser att Sveriges totala investeringar i forskning och innovation bör stiga till minst fyra procent av BNP fram till 2030. Det skriver myndigheten i sitt inspel till regeringens kommande forskningsproposition.
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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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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Läkare utsedd till Årets AI-svensk
För sitt arbete med AI inom sjukvården belönas nu Max Gordon av branschorganisationen Tech Sverige. Han får organisationens pris Årets AI svensk.
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Högteknologiska bolag allt mer intresserade av hälsa
Under många år har techföretag intresserat sig för hälso- och sjukvården och det intresset ser ut att öka. ”Det är inget plötsligt trendbrott, det handlar mer om att de flyttar fram positionerna”, säger Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, vd för Swedish Medtech.
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.
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Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”
The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?
New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the right patients be found in time, and will the healthcare system’s resources be sufficient? Life Science Sweden has spoken to Swedish researchers in Alzheimer’s who voice cautious hope but also see further challenges.
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Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”
With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve been in the thick of things and part of the development for so long now, but I’m also looking forward and thinking about all the new things that there will be in a freer role,” she says to Life Science Sweden
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.