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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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Sobi announces agreement with Enable Injections
Swedish biopharma Sobi has entered into an international development and distribution agreement with US drug delivery company Enable Injections.
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Ny kurs ska väcka passion för statistik – ”Många får panik”
Kan man förstå och tolka kliniska studier – utan att vara bra på matte? Ja, menar Anna Törner som tillsammans med Ingrid Lönnstedt skapat en onlinekurs för att fler ska våga närma sig statistiska metoder.
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Anna Törner: ”Orphan Designation – the "petite robe noire" of drug development”
It is easy to cling to various regulatory incentives, like orphan designation, and other expedited pathways, without understanding what they truly mean or whether they are indeed right (or wrong) for the current project, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Anna Törner: ”Orphan designation läkemedelsutvecklingens ’petite robe noire’”
Det är så lätt att klamra sig fast vid olika regulatoriska incitament, som orphan designation, utan att egentligen veta vad de innebär och på vilket sätt de kan vara rätt (eller fel), skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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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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Ny medicinsk chef på Vicore Pharma
Läkaren Bertil Lindmark blir ny medicinsk chef, Chief Medical Officer, för Vicore Pharma.
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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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Karolinska i Europatopp när "smartaste" sjukhusen rankas
Karolinska universitetssjukhuset i Solna är bäst i Europa på att använda ny teknik inom sjukvården, enligt en rankning i tidskriften Newsweek.
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Läkemedlet som fördröjer diabetesdebut
Ett läkemedel som riktar sig mot immunsystemet har visat sig kunna fördröja insjuknandet i typ 1-diabetes. ”Ett steg närmare vårt ultimata mål: en framtid utan typ 1-diabetes.”
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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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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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First ever study of human stem cell treatment
The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.
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Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan
The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.