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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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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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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 from us. They followed up by showering us with lawsuits,” he says.
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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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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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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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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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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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Hon är KI-bolaget Neobiomics nya vd
Neobiomics, som utvecklar produkter inom neonatalområdet, har utsett Emma Höglund till ny vd.
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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: Demystification of the power of a scientific study
”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess the magnitude of the treatment effect before performing the study?” writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a column.
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Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality
What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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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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Anna Törner: The minute between life and death
“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try to understand why I haven’t told anyone, I find the answer: a feeling of shame. There is no forgiveness for something like this, even though it is very human to be distracted for a moment,” Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors
The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic than real doctors, a new study reveals.
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Column: ”Life as a F1 race”
"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing writes in a column.
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Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”
Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor and serial entrepreneur Mathias Uhlén.
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Ny satsning på precisionsmedicin på Karolinska – “Vi vill nå en ny kompetensgrupp“
Ny kompetens krävs inom det snabbt växande området precisionsmedicin. Det uppger Karolinska universitetssjukhuset, som tillsammans med Karolinska institutet öppnar “Sveriges första innovationsmiljö” för utveckling av precisionmedicinska teknologier.
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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”
Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
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