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Genmab to Acquire Dutch biotech for USD 8 Billion
Danish pharmaceutical company Genmab has agreed to acquire Dutch firm Merus, a developer of cancer therapies, for USD 8 billion, equivalent to nearly SEK 75 billion.
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New ATMP center inaugurated: “In the future, we will see cell and gene therapies in all clinics”
Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital’s new ATMP center was inaugurated in Flemingsberg, south of Stockholm. “The ATMP Center is not just a physical place, it is a promise,” said KI’s Vice-Chancellor Annika Östman Wernerson.
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Hann du läsa det här? Redaktionen tipsar
Missade du vår rapportering om rovtidsskrifter, rankningen av Sveriges främsta forskare eller reportaget från KI:s zebrafiskakvarium? Inför sommarens lata dagar tipsar vi om några av de texter Life Science Sweden publicerat tidigare i år.
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Positive EMA Decision for BioArctic's New Drug Candidate
Bioarctic's drug candidate for multiple system atrophy, exidavnemab, is recommended to be classified as an orphan drug, according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Positive trend for Swedish medtech exports – “We have new markets that are huge”
In 2024, Swedish exports of pharmaceuticals decreased for the first time in several years. However, the trend for medical technology looks brighter. During a seminar, it was discussed how Swedish life science companies can navigate the changing global situation.
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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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Marie Gårdmark: “What to expect from Trump’s second term?”
One may complain about the complex multinational system in EU, but it gives us some predictability that cannot be easily overturned by different member states political agendas, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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”Jag har väldigt svårt att vara sysslolös”
Hon är apotekaren och forskaren som tröttnade på genombrotten som dröjde, kunskapen som aldrig verkade nå fram till patienterna, och därför beslutade sig för att förändra inifrån. Life Science Sweden möter Lina Nordquist, Liberalernas talesperson i sjukvårdspolitiska frågor, i ett samtal om verkligheten och politiken och om behovet av skrivande.
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Astra Zeneca stuvar om i den kinesiska ledningen
Chefsbytet uppges vara ett försök att åter lägga fokus på den kinesiska marknaden och lämna höstens kontroverser bakom sig.
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Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”
Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks approved treatment alternatives. "We can't do that on our own – our entire R&D activities are about working together with others," says the company's CEO Jens Lindberg.
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Biotechbolag var nära ett genombrott – försätts i konkurs
I juni tog Umeåbaserade Hiloprobe in tre miljoner kronor för att initiera försäljning. På måndagen försattes företaget i konkurs.
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Vetenskapsevent samlar forskare i Hagastaden
Hur man undviker fallgropar i läkemedelsutveckling och en inblick i att organisera forskning i ett företag som utvecklar substanser mot smärta och alzheimers. Det är ett par insikter deltagarna på kongressen Bioscience kan vänta sig i dag.
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Italian pharmaceutical company buys rights to immunotherapy from Sanofi
Italy's Recordati buys the rights to a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease cold agglutinin disease (CAD).
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures
A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying more than 47,000 samples. This was the conclusion of an internal investigation.
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The life science strategy – what the industry wants
The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s competitiveness, the accessibility of health data and the integration of innovation in healthcare are some of the points that are essential to review.
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From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”
A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic region with vaccines during a future pandemic. These are some of the projects underway at NorthX Biologics – under the direction of new CEO Janet Hoogstraate.
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Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!
Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now been reported to the police.
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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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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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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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Studienamn med attityd – viktigare än man kan tro
Ironman, T-rex, Star-trec. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nej, det handlar varken om fantasyfilmer eller hundnamn. Utan om benämningar på pågående cancerstudier i Sverige.
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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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Alligator tar in nästan 200 miljoner för utveckling av cancerkandidat
Styrelsen för Lundbaserade Alligator Bioscience har beslutat om en nyemission på upp till 199 miljoner kronor. Fokus ligger nu framförallt på den fortsatta utvecklingen av mitazalimab, bolagets läkemedelskandidat mot bukspottkörtelcancer.
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