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Alvotech nobbas i USA efter brister i fabrik – dyker på börsen
Isländska Alvotech, noterade på Stockholmsbörsen, har fått ett bakslag i sin lansering av biosimilaren AVT05 i USA, en kandidat som ska motsvara läkemedlet Simponi (golimumab).
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Xbrane backar efter ny FDA-smäll – ”Vi är mycket besvikna”
Xbrane Biopharma backar med över 30 procent på börsen efter fortsatta problem hos en kontraktstillverkare – vilket väntas leda till ytterligare förseningar av en av bolagets biosimilarer i USA.
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Phase III win for Hansa Biopharma: “We Are Thrilled”
Swedish biotech Hansa Biopharma’s transplant drug imlifidase has met the primary efficacy endpoint in a registration-enabling Phase III study in the United States.
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Roche joins Medicon Village
Roche and Medicon Village Innovation have signed an agreement for deeper collaboration. “The fact that Roche is now becoming part of this environment further strengthens our concept,” says Medicon Village Innovation CEO Petter Hartman.
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Problem hos kontraktstillverkare stoppar Regenerons blodcancerläkemedel
För andra gången har Regeneron nekats godkännande i USA för en ny lymfombehandling. Orsaken uppges denna gång vara anmärkningar mot en extern tillverkningsanläggning, som ägs av Novo Nordisk.
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FDA approves Gilead’s HIV injection: “Historic day”
Gilead Sciences’ preventive HIV drug, lenacapavir, was approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sparking new hope for finally breaking the transmission chain of a virus that affects 1.3 million people annually.
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Lista: Bäst betalda vd:arna inom Big Pharma
Pengar är inte allt, men det skadar inte att få hyggligt betalt för sitt jobb, inte sant? Här är listan över världens bäst betalda vd:ar i inom läkemedelsbranschen.
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Camurus får grönt ljus i EU för behandling mot akromegali
Lundabolaget Camurus behandling för hormonsjukdomen akromegali – eller jätteväxt – har fått ett positivt utlåtande av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA och rekommenderas för godkännande i EU.
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A new scientific event in Gothenburg
Life Science Sweden is holding an event in Gothenburg for the first time.
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Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?
Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it
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Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away
A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 out of 21 regions in Sweden. It is also used in neighbouring Nordic countries. “Extremely serious,” says the Sectra CEO to Medtech Magazine.
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Investment CEO: “The Nordics are outstanding in creating successful medtech companies”
Since the beginning of last month, Susanna Francke Rodau has been a partner and the new CEO of Segulah Medical Acceleration, which invests in medical technology. In an interview she tells about which companies the investment company prefers to invest in, which companies she believes in the most in the portfolio and why she accepted the new position.
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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.