Astra Zeneca nådde inte mål i lungcancerstudie

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees the anniversary as a recognition of MVA’s explosive power.

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.

Oncopeptides cancerläkemedel röstades ned i USA

En omröstning i den rådgivande Odac-kommittén vid den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA på torsdagskvällen blev ett bakslag för det svenska cancerforskningsbolaget Oncopeptides. Rådets medlemmar röstade emot cancerläkemedlet Pepaxto (melfalan flufenamid) med siffrorna 2 för och 14 emot.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.

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.

De kandiderar till posten som KI-rektor

Valet av ny rektor till Karolinska institutet har gått in i slutspurten. Två kandidater av cirka 100 återstår – Annika Östman Wernerson, vid KI, och Eva Tiensuu Janson, vid Uppsala universitet.

Konkurrenskraft, cancervård och MDR – läs krönikörernas tankar om branschen

Nya tankegångar, åsikter och framtidsvisioner från profiler i branschen, tillika krönikörer i Life Science Sweden och vår systertidning Medtech Magazine. Här har vi samlat några av årets krönikor.

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.

Tunga namn till Northx när Thomas Eldered samlar sitt team

Flera av Sveriges mest ansedda life science-profiler kliver in i styrelsen för innovationshubben Northx Biologics i Matfors.

Victoria Throfast blir E-hälsomyndighetens chefsfarmaceut

Den nyinrättade tjänsten som chefsfarmaceut på E-hälsomyndigheten ska stärka myndighetens profil som expertmyndighet.

Han blir E-hälsomyndighetens första chefsläkare

E-hälsomyndigheten utser Max Herulf, specialist i allmänmedicin, till en nyinrättad tjänst som chefsläkare.

Søren Bregenholt omvald som ordförande i MVA

Under Medicon Valley Alliance årsstämma fick styrelsen förnyat förtroende och valdes om.

Göran Stiernstedt: "Vi är världssämst på kontinuitet"

Uteblivna satsningar på primärvården, ett orimligt system med nätläkare och ett statligt fiasko när det gäller att samordna vårdens it-system. Göran Stiernstedt skräder inte orden när han beskriver bristerna i dagens vårdsystem. – Det gör mig oerhört frustrerad, säger han.

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.

Tina Persson: Så nätverkar du bäst via Linkedin

Du har bestämt dig för att gå vidare i karriären. Och sen då? Tina Persson, karriärcoach och författare till ”The PhD Career Coaching Guide” tipsar om hur du kan ta hjälp av affärsnätverket Linkedin.

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

Oasmia tar in 151 miljoner – och byter namn

Styrelsen i cancerforskningsföretaget Oasmia har beslutat om en nyemission på 151 miljoner kronor. Samtidigt föreslås ett namnbyte av företaget till Vivesto.