Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”

Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.

Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ventilator

The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of those working from home. Yet within the space of just four weeks...

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”

Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.

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...

Abbvie förvärvar lovande projekt inom psykisk ohälsa

Abbvie köper ett läkemedelsprogram inom mental hälsa i en miljardaffär som ser lite annorlunda än vad som tidigare uppgetts.

Kommitté föreslår ökad statlig styrning – men vill ha kvar regionerna

Vårdansvarskommittén förordar att staten tar ett större ansvar för sjukvården, men vill inte att hela ansvaret lämnas över från regionerna. Sjukvårdsministern o...

Karolinska ska bli ett europeiskt powerhouse för ATMP

Karolinska ATMP-centrum har ett enkelt men ambitiöst syfte: korta vägen mellan akademisk upptäckt och klinisk tillämpning. ”Vi önskar att Karolinska i framtiden...

Genterapi gav hörsel till barn med medfödd dövhet – elva av tolv förbättrades

Elva av tolv barn med medfödd dövhet uppvisade förbättringar i en studie där Regenerons genterapi mot ärftlig hörselnedsättning prövades. Nu planerar det amerik...

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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak

”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be r...

Stockholm and Uppsala jointly form a life science cluster

Stockholm and Uppsala are strengthening cooperation in medical research and biotech.

Controlled Pneumatics: pushing the boundaries of pneumatics

automation processes that are already known. It also opens up new opportunities, especially for controlling pressure and flow rate. Piezo valves, which enable v...

Festo Expands its Portfolio with Multilayer Manifolds

Manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment now receive solutions from a single source

“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”

Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, ...

BMS planerar investera nära 400 miljarder i USA

Under måndagen meddelade Bristol Myers Squibb att bolaget planerar att investera 40 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 387 miljarder svenska kronor, i USA under de k...

Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide

AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a...

Global brist på infusionsvätska hotar efter orkanen Helene

Orkanen Helenes härjningar ödelade inte bara delar av sydöstra USA, utan hotar nu också att orsaka en global brist på infusionsvätskor.

Icelandic pharmaceutical company Alvotech to list on Nasdaq Stockholm

One of Iceland's largest companies, the pharmaceutical firm Alvotech, has announced its intention to list on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”

”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence in...

Compact and leak-tight powerhouse

Media-separated solenoid valve VYKA from Festo is virtually leak-free

New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in

Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employme...

A small thing that can solve your problems

If you are in need of a compact valve. Look no further! We have the VOVK

Neogap värvar tungt namn inom cellterapi

Bioteknikbolaget Neogap Therapeutics fyller på styrelsen med expertis inom cellterapi i form av professor Jonas Mattsson.