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Sarah Lidé: ”Artificial intelligence must not replace authentic interactions”
Artificial intelligence must never become a replacement for authentic, even if messy, interactions with our fellow humankind, Sarah Lifé, Deputy CEO at Medicon Village Innovation, writes in a column.
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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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Hjärtövervakning vid bröstcancer sätts under lupp
Trastuzumab och efterföljande läkemedel har revolutionerat bröstcancervården och ökat överlevnaden markant. Men övervakningen av patienter för hjärtbiverkningar kan vara belastande både för patienter och vård. Läkaren Andri Papakonstantinou arbetar för att identifieringen av vilka som verkligen behöver noggrann övervakning ska förbättras.
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Heart Monitoring in Breast Cancer – Essential or Excessive?
Trastuzumab and related drugs have transformed breast cancer treatment and dramatically improved survival rates. But the close cardiac monitoring required during treatment can be a heavy burden for both patients and healthcare systems. Dr. Andri Papakonstantinou is working to refine how doctors identify which patients truly need intensive follow-up.
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Anna Törner: ”Varför inte slå till på en ADHD-diagnos till kampanjpris?”
”Det är självklart positivt att neuropsykiatriska diagnoser inte upplevs som stigmatiserande, men just när det gäller ADHD kan jag inte låta bli att undra om det gått för långt?”, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika om en diagnos som blir allt vanligare.
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Lund University’s record-breaking recruitment – attracting researchers from around the world
The Swedish university is launching its largest international recruitment effort ever, aiming to hire 25 researchers globally, including several in the medical field.
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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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US Health Secretary Kennedy dismisses all vaccine experts – assembles new committee
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dismissed all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel. A new group of experts will be appointed directly by the Health Secretary, his department announced.
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Mikael Kubista back with new venture after turbulent exit
Entrepreneur and researcher Mikael Kubista is starting a new company. Now he is also free to comment on the sequence of events that led to him losing ownership of his life's work – the company Tataa Biocenter. “Not only did they take our company away
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Pulsen på patientförbunden del 1: Schizofreni
Schizofreniforskningen gör framsteg, bland annat genom en ökad förståelse för könsspecifika skillnader i behandlingsbehov. Nu efterlyser Schizofreniförbundet nya behandlingar som riktar in sig på de negativa symtom som lämnas obehandlade.
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Efter Trumps nedskärningar – nu ska EU locka över amerikanska toppforskare
USA drar in på statliga forskningsanslag – då ser europeiska aktörer sin chans att locka till sig forskarbegåvningar från andra sidan Atlanten.
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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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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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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.
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First preterm infants study – a vital step for Neola
After years of developing an advanced lung monitoring system, Neola Medical has received some delightful news: permission to start its first clinical study on preterm born infants.
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Grönt ljus för Kennedy sänker läkemedelsbolag
Flera läkemedelsbolag backar på börsen efter att senatskommittén godkänt Robert F. Kennedy Jr som kandidat till landets hälsominister.
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A new life science cluster formed – “We are very strong in talent”
Stockholm and Uppsala’s joint life science cluster aims to be among the best in Europe. Pontus Holm, Life Science Coordinator for Region Stockholm, says the decision to create a joint profile for the two cities is strongly supported. He mentions that around 50 stakeholders were asked last winter if they were in favour of a joint cluster and that “the answer was a resounding yes”.
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Nya life science-klustret – ”Vi är fantastiskt starka inom talang”
Målet för Stockholm och Uppsalas gemensamma life science-kluster är att tillhöra toppen i Europa. Enligt Pontus Holm, life science-koordinator för Region Stockholm, finns en stark uppslutning bakom beslutet att profilera de två städerna gemensamt. Han berättar att ett 50-tal aktörer i vintras fick frågan om de ville se ett gemensamt kluster och att ”svaret blev ett rungande ja”.
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Oegentligheter i Brasilien kan kosta Getinge halv miljard
Getinge avsätter nästan en halv miljard kronor för att täcka förväntade kostnader kopplade till oegentligheter vid försäljning av medicinteknik till offentliga sjukhus i Brasilien.
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Tidigare Tobii-chef blir vd för Surgical Science
Tom Englund, tidigare toppnamn inom Tobii-koncernen, är nuvarande operativ chef för Instabee. Nu lämnar han budbolaget och återvänder till medicinteknikfältet när han blir vd för Surgical Science i oktober.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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