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Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm
Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs are high, and demand is weak”, says the division manager at Rise to Life Science Sweden.
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Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark
Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.
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Hypothesis testing versus conspiracy theory
"How do you know what is a conspiracy theory and what is a reasonable, scientifically based conclusion?" In a column, Ingrid Lönnstedt reflects on this question.
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Partial court victory for entrepreneur who lost his company
Swedish life science entrepreneur Mikael Kubista has won the first round against a law firm that he, along with other co-owners, sued for negligent advice in connection with losing his company, Tataa Biocenter.
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Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”
Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."
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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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“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”
Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessible to more people. “Our overall ambition is to reduce costs a hundredfold”, says professor Johan Rockberg at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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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
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Marknadsföring av "omtyckt" ögonbehandling fälls av nämnd
En presentation där en behandling med ögondroppar beskrivs som ”mycket omtyckt av patienterna” fälls av Informationsgranskningsnämnden, IGN.
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Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”
Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.
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Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”
Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks approved treatment alternatives. "We can't do that on our own – our entire R&D activities are about working together with others," says the company's CEO Jens Lindberg.
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Trumps nya FDA-chef varnar för "massiv övermedicinering"
Donald Trump har nominerat kirurgen och författaren Marty Makary till ny chef för den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA, som enligt den tillträdande presidenten har ”förlorat amerikanernas förtroende”.
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Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU
Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, is seen as a controversial figure due to his opposition to abortion and for calling EU members ”idiots.”
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IGN slår ner mot film från Leo Pharma
En film från Leo Pharma, där en läkare beskriver ett läkemedel som ”really over the top” och att det leder till ”really incredible results”, fälls av IGN.
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Xbrane enters licensing agreement with Indian generics giant
Swedish biosimilar developer Xbrane Biopharma and the Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals have entered into a license and co-development agreement.
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Montertext för epilepsiläkemedel fälls – ”Är vilseledande”
Ett produktpåstående om ”långvarig effekt och tolerabilitet” riskerar att bli vilseledande om det inte förtydligas. Det anser Informationsgranskningsnämnden, IGN, som menar att marknadsföringen av ett epilepsiläkemedel i en utställningsmonter strider mot branschens etiska regler.
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Jubel på Bioarctic efter positivt EU-besked – ”Vi är otroligt glada”
Glädjen var stor på Bioarctic efter beskedet om att alzheimerläkemedlet Leqembi rekommenderas för godkännande i EU. ”Det här är framförallt väldigt, väldigt viktigt för patienterna i Europa och Sverige, säger företagets vd Gunilla Osswald.
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FDA godkänner genterapi för sällsynt sjukdom
FDA har godkänt PTC Therapeutics genterapi för att behandla en potentiellt dödlig enzymbrist. Genterapin har varit godkänd i EU sedan 2022 under namnet Upstaza.
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Vändningen: Leqembi får grönt ljus i EU
Svenskutvecklade alzheimerläkemedlet lecanemab (med handelsnamnet Leqembi) får ett positivt utlåtande från den europeiska läkemedelsmyndighetens kommitté för humanläkemedel, CHMP.
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Peptonic drar sig ur Israel – "Ökade svårigheter"
Peptonic Medical har beslutat att avveckla sitt israeliska dotterbolag på grund av ”lönsamhetsutmaningar” och ”ökade svårigheter att bedriva verksamhet” i landet.
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Roche’s Genentech terminates licencing deal with Norwegian biotech
Genentech is ending a license collaboration with Norwegian biotech Nykode Therapeutics regarding a clinical stage cancer vaccine program.
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The new Swedish life science strategy – “It will consolidate Sweden as a leader”
Clinical trials and precision health are emphasised as key areas in the new national life science strategy.
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Ansökan klar för enklare doseringsform av lecanemab
En ansökan om marknadsgodkännande i USA har nu slutförts för det svenskutvecklade Alzheimerläkemedlet lecanemab som veckovis subkutan underhållsbehandling.
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