Inget statligt stöd för fetmaläkemedel – aktien för läkemedelsjättar pressas

Trump-administrationen slopar Bidens förslag om att om att inkludera fetmaläkemedel i sjukförsäkringen Medicare. Det innebär ett bakslag för Novo Nordisk och El...

Amerikanskt patent för Active Biotech

Lundabolaget Active Biotech har fått grönt ljus från amerikanska patentverket om godkännande av sin patentansökan för laquinimod som behandling av ögonsjukdomar...

Orexo avslutar partnerskap kring digital depressionsterapi

Det svenska läkemedelsbolaget Orexo har beslutat att inte satsa vidare på stödprogrammet vid depression, Deprexis, på den amerikanska marknaden. Avtalet med den...

Non-destructive testing and assembly control

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Korbinian Löbmann leads scientific meeting on drug formulation: High activity in the field

Korbinian Löbmann has moderated New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability several times before. Now he is once again taking on the scientific meeting. L...

The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”

It took several years of failures in GLP-1 before Lotte Bjerre Knudsen and her colleagues found the right path – but when they did, it was a true breakthrough. ...

Lundabolag får Europapatent för ögondroppar

Active Biotech har beviljats ett europeiskt patent för en ögondroppsformulering av bolagets läkemedelskandidat laquinimod.

Vinnare och förlorare börsåret 2024 inom life science

När Nasdaq Stockholm avrundade handeln dagen före nyårsafton återfanns flera life science-bolag bland de främsta börsraketerna 2024 – men lika många huserar på ...

Trumps nya FDA-chef varnar för "massiv övermedicinering"

Donald Trump har nominerat kirurgen och författaren Marty Makary till ny chef för den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA, som enligt den tillträdande preside...

Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”

Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."

Unmatched performance and flexibility in its class

The new ZEISS SPECTRUM family is equipped to be the ideal match from measuring small electronics up to larger housings.

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

AZ gets approval for drug targeting rare disease – it may reduce cortisone dependence

AstraZeneca’s drug Fasenra gets an expanded indication in the EU and is now approved as a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.

The art of successful licensing – “A lot has to align”

Sharp research, strong data and a high level of innovation are all very good, but more than that is required to achieve the goal of many biotechnology companies...

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A tiny animal with great importance

From the mythical Ganges River to the less sacred, but considerably cleaner waters in KI's aquariums in Solna. The little zebrafish has made an unconscious care...

GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits

British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against t...

Byggstart för svenska innovationsklustret – fördubblar sin yta

Nu tas första spadtaget för Goco Active Lab, ett nytt nationellt center som ska stärka svensk life science.

Life science trends 2025 – Part 1 obesity drugs

More obesity drugs are being launched this year following Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's previous successes with GLP-1 drugs. But the next big breakthrough in obe...

Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

Life science trends 2025 – Neurology

New Alzheimer's drugs are beginning to be used in Sweden, more deals in the neuro sector are expected, and tools for deliver active substances across the blood-...

Lundabolag tar in 43 miljoner och inleder amerikanskt samarbete

Active Biotech, som utvecklar läkemedel mot ögonsjukdomar och cancer, har tagit in 43,5 miljoner kronor i en företrädesemission. Samtidigt offentliggör bolaget ...

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Setback for pharmaceutical companies in the Zantac case

A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of allowing expert witnesses to testify in a case involving the now-cancelled drug Zantac and its potential carcinogenicity.