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”Alla skriker efter talang”

Att locka till sig begåvningarna är en av life science-branschens stora framtidsutmaningar. Det var en av slutsatserna i det panelsamtal som avslutade konferensen New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing på torsdagen.

Pia Steensland går till Pfizer

Den tidigare riksdagsledamoten Pia Steensland börjar på Pfizer som Director, Policy & Public Affairs.

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation dose in patients, he is setting out to develop a framework for virtual clinical trials for the technology.

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered by us one of the most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a mild Covid infection.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available in clinics”, says Christel Bergström, who is heading the project.

Outsourcing som strategi för ökad trovärdighet

Idag, torsdag, pågår Life Science Swedens event Pharma Outsourcing på Stockholm Waterfront. Under en av föreläsningarna jämfördes för- och nackdelar med att ta sig an uppgifter och problem internt med att köpa in tjänster.

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.

Karriärcoachen: Byta jobb i lågkonjunktur – det här ska du tänka på

Ekonomiska tyckare varnar för att Sverige är på väg in i en lågkonjunktur. Krig i Ukraina, rusande elpriser, hög inflation och höjd styrränta är bara några av anledningarna till att tänka två gånger om du har planer på att byta jobb. Karriärcoachen Tina Persson tipsar om vad du bör tänka på.

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.

Avtal sluts mellan stora svenska och nederländska aktörer

Fyra överenskommelser mellan svenska och nederländska life science-aktörer ska skrivas idag. Avtalen signeras i samband med det pågående statsbesöket från Nederländerna under en ceremoni där ministrar från de bägge länderna medverkar.

Pharmnovo rekryterar dubbelt inför kliniska prövningar

Pharmnovo gör två nya rekryteringar för att förstärka sitt team när utvecklingen av bolagets läkemedelskandidat mot nervsmärta nu går in i klinisk fas.

Biolin Scientific rekryterar ny vd från RLS Global

Karin Fischer blir ny vd för Biolin Scientific. Hon efterträder Mattias Bengtsson, som har fått en ny tjänst hos Addlife.

Hon blir vice vd för Medicon Village

Medicon Village rekryterar från Medicon Valley Alliance.

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.

Dansk-svensk mikrobiom-satsning lockade företag och talanger

Fem mikrobioföretag har etablerat sig och över 100 internationella talanger har anställts inom ramen för Microbiome Signature Project i Öresundsregionen. Alla uppställda mål har överträffats, skriver projektorganisationen i ett pressmeddelande.