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Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm
Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs are high, and demand is weak”, says the division manager at Rise to Life Science Sweden.
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GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits
British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against the company in the U.S. that alleged its discontinued drug Zantac caused cancer.
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Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”
The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from ABBA songs, turns 30 this year. "There is great interest in Sweden and Swedish solutions globally," says Anna Redwood from Business Sweden.
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Q-lineas testinstrument får grönt ljus av FDA – ”Kommer göra verklig skillnad för patienter”
Uppsalabolaget Q-linea har fått ett marknadsgodkännande från den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA för sin huvudprodukt Astar, ett instrument för test av antibiotikaresistens.
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Svenska inkubatorer med på lista över ledande europeiska startup-hubbar
Flera svenska startup-hubbar placerar sig på lista över ledande europeiska inkubatorer och acceleratorer. Smile Incubator, Umeå Biotech Incubator och Karolinska Innovations är några av de omnämnda.