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.

”Sverige riskerar tappa forskartalanger – dags att bygga broar”

Debatten om arbetskraftsinvandring är het i Sverige. Men när vi diskuterar kvoter och restriktioner missar vi en avgörande aspekt: Vad händer med de internationella forskare, doktorander och postdocs, som redan finns här, och som utgör en central del av vår spetskompetens inom life science? Om det resonerar Tina Persson i en debattartikel.

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.

Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”

She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decided to make a change from within. Life Science Sweden meets Lina Nordquist, Member of Parliament for the Liberals and their spokesperson on healthcare policy, to have a conversation about reality, politics, and the need for writing.

She is CSL Behring's new Nordic General Manager

Since the beginning of january, Helena Bragd is the new Nordic General Manager for the biotech company CSL Behring and CEO of CSL Behring AB.

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.

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.

AstraZeneca to use American AI platform for cancer trials

In a collaboration AstraZeneca will use an AI model from Israeli-American biotech Immunai to streamline its clinical trials in cancer.

The life science strategy – what the industry wants

The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s competitiveness, the accessibility of health data and the integration of innovation in healthcare are some of the points that are essential to review.

Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Will the Swedish life science strategy be updated with precision?”

What will the Swedish government focus on in the life science strategy that is being updated? And what should be prioritized in the strategy? Life Science Sweden's editor-in-chief Samuel Lagercrantz highlights three areas.

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.

Life Science Sweden heads to the Oresund region! ‒ Hello there Michael Linnell

Life Science Sweden’s The Future of Swedish Danish Life Science and New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meetings are coming up soon. We asked Michael Linnell, project manager for Life Science Sweden’s event portfolio, a few short questions.

Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body

Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list that aims to promote sustainable entrepreneurship.

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.

AI hjälper till att kartlägga biologiska processer

Forskare vid Göteborgs universitet har med hjälp av AI i detalj kartlagt på vilket sätt celler och partiklar rör sig i levande materia. Studien presenteras i det senaste numret av Nature Machine Intelligence.

Larry Leksell: ”Cancerbördan växer snabbare än vad kapaciteten växer”

För att klara av det växande antal cancerfall i världen krävs effektivare teknologier och behandlingar, menar Larry Leksell, grundare och styrelseordförande i Elekta. Se honom berätta i videon om vilka krav som ställs på framtidens cancervård.

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Så vill branschen få kompetent personal till life science-sektorn

Det pratas om brist på kompetent personal inom life science-sektorn i Sverige. Men vad görs inom branschen för att råda bot på problemen? Life Science Sweden har pratat med olika hubbar runt om i landet.

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.

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.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Lunds universitet hoppas att AI kan underlätta för patologer

I ett treårigt projekt har forskare vid Lunds universitet och Matematikcentrum undersökt hur artificiell intelligens, AI, kan avlasta och underlätta patologernas arbete och snabba på diagnostiseringen.

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish governments, the timing of The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science conference could not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.