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Billion-Dollar Deal Sends BioArctic Soaring
Swedish Alzheimer-focused company BioArctic has entered into a licensing collaboration with Novartis regarding a technology aimed at enhancing efficient drug delivery to the brain. The BioArctic stock surged significantly following the announcement.
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Charged with illegal pharmaceutical sales – alleged earnings of 23 million
For at least five years, two men allegedly carried out illegal sales of pharmaceuticals and supplements, amassing millions. They are now facing charges at Södertörn District Court in Huddinge, south of Stockholm.
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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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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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KI’s new super machine measures brain activity in real-time – “A very expensive hairdo”
Using brand-new, super-advanced equipment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now measure brain activity in real-time, with higher resolution than previously possible. “This opens up fantastic opportunities”, says brain researcher Daniel Lundqvist.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?
The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significance level. But what does that mean? Read Ingrid Lönnstedt´s column to learn more.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas
Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in which we can see some long-awaited positive developments.
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Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“
You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good conditions for growing new solutions, but it is also becoming increasingly clear that we are challenged in one area – regulations, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.
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"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"
Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the availability of medical devices in the EU. Unfortunately, the fears have come true.
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Missen i Mölndal
I förra veckan offentliggjordes bilder av de första husen i GoCo – klustersatsningen för hälsa och innovation som kommer att blir Astrazenecas nya grannar i Mölndal. Men bilderna fick starka reaktioner.
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59 miljoner till innovativa företagsprojekt
Bildtagning av njurar, juverinfektion hos kor och probiotika mot IBS med bland de företagsprojekt som får anslag.
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Antikropp kan överlista super-E coli
Forskare vid bioteknikbolaget Genentech har hittat en spricka i rustningen hos gram-negativa bakterier.
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Allergibolaget Swecure jagar partner
Om åtta år kan Swecure ha världens första allergivaccin på marknaden. Det är förhoppningen hos vd Lars Fahlén, som hyser stor tilltro till bolagets tarmfloraportfölj.
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Reaktorkärl för bioprocesser i pilotstorlek
Ett nytt reaktorkärl ger användaren precis kontroll över viktiga reaktionsvariabler.
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1,1 forskningsmiljarder sprids
Var fjärde sökande fick VR-anslag.
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It-verktyg som lättar upp strukturer
Att ta till sig data om hur olika proteiner är uppbyggda är komplicerat. Men med hjälp av ett gratis it-verktyg som visualiserar molekylerna kan fler använda sig av informationen.
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A crash course in IP strategy
"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.
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Medicinsk forskning med och delar miljard
Vetenskapsrådet ger en miljard kronor till de strategiska områdena klimat, medicin och teknik. Pengarna delas ut under kommande fem år till totalt 33 beviljade ansökningar.
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