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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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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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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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A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”
A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can make a difference for many people is important to me,” says Christine Hägglund, Laboratory Manager.
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Petter Hartman: ”Uppenbart att något måste göras på systemnivå“
Kostnaderna för svensk hälso- och sjukvård har ökat kraftigt de senaste decennierna och prognoserna tyder inte på att något trendbrott är att vänta framöver. Hur ska vi klara finansieringen av framtidens vård? Ett svar på frågan är ökade investeringar i prevention.
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Årets vårdchef korad
Sjuksköterskan Johanna Ling, regionchef på Kry i primärvården Skåne, har fått Vårdförbundets utmärkelse Årets vårdchef.
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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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Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID
The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.
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Larm om vaccinbrist efter utbrott av difteri i Västafrika
Ett allvarligt utbrott av difteri har drabbat Västafrika. Nu varnar Läkare utan gränser för brist på läkemedel och vaccin mot sjukdomen.
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Jätteras för forskningsbolag efter misslyckad studie
Stayble Therapeutics, som utvecklar en behandling mot kronisk ryggsmärta, nådde inte det primära målet i sin fas IIb-studie. Beskedet fick bolagets aktie att rasa med nästan 90 procent.
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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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Stanford-program öppnar dörrar för Neola i USA
Lundabolaget Neola Medical har valts ut till att få stöd av Stanford Universitys program för teknisk innovation inom barn- och mödravård.
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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
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Här är finalisterna i Vårdförbundets pris Årets vårdchef
Vårdförbundet har nu presenterat finalisterna till förbundets årliga pris Årets vårdchef. Årets finalister kommer från både norr och söder.
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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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
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Sweden Bio: ”EU-förslag rycker undan mattan för investeringar”
”Lagförslaget går stick i stäv med sitt eget syfte”, skriver Sweden Bios vd Jessica Martinsson i en debattartikel om förslaget om en ny läkemedelslagstiftning för EU:s medlemsländer.
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Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”
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.
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Studienamn med attityd – viktigare än man kan tro
Ironman, T-rex, Star-trec. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nej, det handlar varken om fantasyfilmer eller hundnamn. Utan om benämningar på pågående cancerstudier i Sverige.
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Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study
In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one of the most extensive studies in the world currently being conducted for a drug for post
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From the sea of Åland to a self-test for lithium
Four years ago, a meeting on the sea of Åland resulted in the development of a self-test for lithium levels in the blood. The hopes are that the test will be available for individuals with bipolar disorder in the future.
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