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Nytt AI-verktyg ska hjälpa forskare förstå varför läkemedel misslyckas
Ett nytt AI-verktyg ska lösa ett av läkemedelsutvecklingens stora utmaningar: patienter som inte svarar på sina behandlingar. Genom att koppla samman stora mängder biomedicinsk data hoppas svenska Mavatar kunna ge forskare nya svar – snabbare.
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Agreement in the EU on eight years of data exclusivity for new medicines
New pharmaceuticals will be covered by eight years of data exclusivity, according to the proposed new pharmaceutical legislation that EU countries have now agreed upon after prolonged negotiations.
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The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”
the game," says Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Chief Scientific Advisor at Novo Nordisk.
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Life science trends 2025 – Part 1 obesity drugs
More obesity drugs are being launched this year following Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's previous successes with GLP-1 drugs. But the next big breakthrough in obesity has a different mechanism of action, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in the first article in a series of trend insights for 2025. Today: obesity.
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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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“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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”Forskning är alltid en massa misslyckanden och några få succéer”
Genterapier öppnar fantastiska möjligheter, men är också extremt dyra att producera. Genenova ska ändra på det – och göra läkemedlen tillgängliga för fler. ”Vår övergripande ambition är att minska kostnaderna hundrafalt”, säger KTH-professorn Johan Rockberg.
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Lars Lannfelt får Lifetime Achievement Award
Bioarctics medgrundare Lars Lannfelt har tilldelats en Lifetime Achievement Award på kongressen CTAD i Madrid.
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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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Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry
Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Director at a biotech company. “I’m curious and like to have influence, so I’ve often chosen management roles,” she says.
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A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.
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Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose
The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and leaving the way open for Norwegian company Navamedic.
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The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”
Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including heading the production of the company’s Covid vaccine, he is now advancing to the absolute top.
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Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"
The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – a decision that has been growing for some time. “I have been pretty much married to my mission. However, I will turn 56 this autumn, and if I’m going to do something else in my professional life, now is the time,” he says.
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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!
“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Nytt internationellt center för stamcellsforskning skapas i Köpenhamn
Ett nytt center för stamcellsforskning slår upp portarna i januari månad. Bakom satsningen står Novo Nordisk Foundation och förhoppningen är att centret ska leda fram till ny medicinsk teknik och stamcellsterapier.
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Anna Törner: Squid game, anyone?
”Den entusiasm och finansiering som finns att uppbåda i mindre bolag räcker till ett skott, och detta måste avfyras med ohygglig precision”, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else
"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Prestigepris till svensk Alzheimerforskare
Geriatrikprofessor Lars Lannfelt tilldelas en av världens mest prestigefulla utmärkelser inom Alzheimerforskningen, AAIC Lifetime Achievement Awards 2019.
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Blodigt samarbete - för tronen och fler blodgivare
Ett oväntat samarbete för att få fler att ge blod.
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Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?
It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.
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Lucka 17 - Titta vem som finns här
Det lackar mot jul och det vill vi uppmärksamma tillsammans med er. Varje dag fram till jul får vi här veta vad profiler i life science-världen har på sin önskelista.
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Swedish life science in political focus
It feels like 2017 will be a good year for Swedish life science, says Anders Blanck, CEO at LIF.
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Livsgärning nominerad till uppfinnarpris
- Det är överväldigande, att rädda någons liv, säger docent Tore Curstedt som nominerats till det europeiska uppfinnarpriset för sin livsgärning med att rädda neonatalbarn med lungsjukdomen RDS.
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