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Eli Lilly skrotar smärtkandidat – ytterligare omsvängning i pipelinen
Eli Lilly lägger ner utvecklingen av sin P2X7-hämmare i fas II mot smärta. Det är den senaste förändringen i en pipeline som redan genomgått flera större omprioriteringar under året.
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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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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 and attitude towards physicians.
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Danska läkemedelsfonder investerar i talangfabrik
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation och Leo Foundation investerar 123 miljoner danska kronor, motsvarande omkring 188 miljoner svenska kronor, i ett nytt utbildningscentrum för Köpenhamns universitet och Syddansk universitet i Odense.
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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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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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Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients
In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far
Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”
”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigård writes in a column.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Få tar det nya covidvaccinet – men en region går helt emot strömmen
Nästan en och en halv miljon doser av Novavax vaccin mot covid-19 har levererats till Sverige. Men inte ens 6 000 har gått åt. En region sticker dock ut. I Region Jönköping har uppseendeväckande många fler tagit det proteinbaserade vaccinet.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system
Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.
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Studie: Covidimmunitet kvar efter åtta månader
Immunitet mot covid-19 kvarstår troligen i minst åtta månader efter att patienten genomgått infektionen, enligt en amerikansk studie.
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Upcoming event: New updates on drugs
At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.
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Femte förslaget till regeringen från SwedenBio
Skärp målsättningen för deltagandet i EU:s ramprogram. Det är SwedenBios femte förslag inför den kommande forskningspropositionen.
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Göteborg kapar åt sig Wallenbergmiljoner
En tredjedel av pengarna från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse går till Göteborgs universitet.
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Cellatlasen publicerar unika resultat i Science
Human protein atlas-projektet publicerar nu den första övergripande kartan över var proteinerna befinner sig i cellen. Artikeln återfinns i Science.
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Köper Swereco
Karo Bio genomför årets tredje förvärv.
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Gammal Astrasubstans får nytt liv
En färsk studie visar att en substans som Astrazeneca ratade har effekt mot multipel skleros. I alla fall i djurstudier.
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Google ger sig in i biotech-branschen
Sökmotorjättens nystartade bolag Calico ska fokusera på åldrande och åldersrelaterade sjukdomar.
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Extra långa oligonukleotider
Oligosyntetisering. Syntetisering av långa oligonukleotider har hittills varit svår att utföra i stor skala.
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Mikrobrunnar för högupplöst cellanalys
Cellanalys. Med HCS (high content screening) microwell slides ska man kunna utföra bildtagning och analys av en stor mängd cellexperiment på kort tid.
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