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...

An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”

Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Över...

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.

Thermo Fisher-team flyttar in hos Astra Zeneca Bioventurehub – inleder samarbete

Amerikanska Thermo Fisher och Astra Zeneca Bioventurehub krokar arm i ett nytt FoU-partnerskap. Bolagen ska samlokalisera i Goco Health Innovation City, Göteborg.

Astra Zeneca avslutar tillverkning i Indien – lämnar in licensen

Astra Zeneca skyndar på planerna att avsluta sin produktion i Indien. Företaget avsäger sig nu sin tillverkningslicens i landet två år innan den skulle ha löpt ut.

Caroline Leksell Cooke ny chef på Elekta

Elekta har rekryterat Caroline Leksell Cooke till ny Senior Vice President och Head of Neuro Solutions. Hon börjar sin nya tjänst den 1 november.

Södertäljebolag tar in 440 miljoner inför klinisk cancerstudie

Cellterapibolaget Anocca har lyckats ta in närmare 440 miljoner kronor i en ny finansieringsrunda för att stödja kommande kliniska prövningar inom bukspottkörtelcancer.

Astra Zeneca faces potential multimillion-dollar fines in China

Astra Zeneca could be forced to pay up up to $8 million in fines for allegedly unpaid import duties in China, as the company seeks to rebuild trust following ea...

Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”

In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 1...

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

Partial court victory for entrepreneur who lost his company

Swedish life science entrepreneur Mikael Kubista has won the first round against a law firm that he, along with other co-owners, sued for negligent advice in co...

Xspray tar in 130 miljoner inför USA-lansering

Forskningsbolaget Xspray Pharma genomför en företrädesemission på upp till 130 miljoner kronor. Huvudsyftet är att stödja en planerad lansering av cancerläkemed...

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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 wh...

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry

Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Dir...

EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T

CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be ...

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The Swedish innovation model: “There is a paradox”

It is often said that Sweden is strong when it comes to innovation, but how well are we turning that innovation into actual medicines?

Superconductor technology: Contactless working in the laboratory of the future

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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...

To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI

Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.