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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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Vill locka danskar till Lund – satsar halv miljard på ny laboratoriebyggnad
Medicon Village investerar 500 miljoner i ett nytt forskningshus. Målet: att Skåne ska ta täten som en av Skandinaviens ledande life science-regioner.
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Första Crispr-behandlingen fick tummen upp av EMA
Den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA rekommenderar ett villkorat godkännande av Casgevy – den första behandlingen som använder genredigeringstekniken Crispr – för behandling av sicklecellssjukdom och beta-thalassemi.
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A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”
A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can make a difference for many people is important to me,” says Christine Hägglund, Laboratory Manager.
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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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Nytt uppdaterat covidvaccin EU-godkänt
Ett nytt, uppdaterat covidvaccin från Novavax har godkänts av EU-kommissionen för personer från 12 år och äldre. Det rör sig om ett proteinbaserat vaccin av mer traditionellt slag än de mRNA-vacciner som erbjuds.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”
The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment line for cancer patients, and the company recently presented positive data from a phase II study.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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Sweden Bio: ”EU-förslag rycker undan mattan för investeringar”
”Lagförslaget går stick i stäv med sitt eget syfte”, skriver Sweden Bios vd Jessica Martinsson i en debattartikel om förslaget om en ny läkemedelslagstiftning för EU:s medlemsländer.
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn
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Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients
In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Synact nådde inte målen i studie: ”Vi är besvikna”
Lundbaserade Synact Pharma nådde inte sitt primära mål i fas IIb-studien Expand, där läkemedelskandidaten resomelagon utvärderades för patienter med svår aktiv nydiagnostiserad reumatoid artrit. Beskedet fick bolagets aktie att falla kraftigt.
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Ascelia halverar arbetsstyrkan – ”Tyvärr är dessa steg nödvändiga”
Bioteknikbolaget Ascelia Pharma säger upp tolv personer - nästan halva arbetsstyrkan - för att minska kostnaderna sedan delar av en studie måste göras om. ”Detta är ett mycket svårt beslut för oss att ta”, säger vd:n Magnus Corfitzen.
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Fortsatt ökning av läkemedelsexporten
Läkemedel fortsätter att bli en allt viktigare exportprodukt för Sverige, visar färska siffror från Statistiska Centralbyrån, SCB.
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Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body
Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list that aims to promote sustainable entrepreneurship.
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Double up for Korbinian Löbmann
This year, Korbinian Löbmann will moderate the New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meeting in Copenhagen for the fifth time. Furthermore, he will also moderate The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress in Lund for the first time.
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Här är life science-företagen på Norrskens lista – ”Ett Nobelpris för entreprenörer”
Små robotar som levererar läkemedel till olika delar av kroppen. Det är ett av projekten som är med på Norrskens Impact 100-lista.
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Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president
In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According to the reporter Theo Baker, who first reported the story, Tessier-Lavigne “rewarded the winners and punished the losers”. Here is the background of the story which has shaken the American scientific community over the summer.
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Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease
A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.
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Attgeno stärker kassan för fortsatt fas II-studie med kväveoxid
Bioteknikbolaget Attgeno, som utvecklar ett läkemedel mot akut pulmonell hypertension (APH), har genomfört en riktad nyemission till befintliga aktieägare som tillför bolaget 12 miljoner kronor.
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