40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

Gel av spindeltrådsprotein utvecklas för biomedicinsk användning

Spindeltrådens märkliga egenskaper kommer till användning när svenska forskare undersöker nya, potentiella metoder för bland annat regenerativ medicin och läkem...

Det här vet vi om det nya utbrottet av apkoppor

Utbrottet av apkoppor som uppstått väcker förvåning eftersom sjukdomen nu huvudsakligen sprids mellan människor, vilket tidigare varit ovanligt.

This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster

Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish gov...

Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

Det här vet vi om den nya coronavarianten omikron XE

En ny rekombinant variant av coronaviruset med namnet omikron XE har väckt uppmärksamhet. Life Science Sweden frågade Niklas Arnberg, professor i virologi vid U...

Han blir vd för Stockholm Business Region

Staffan Ingvarsson, tidigare vd på Stokab, tillträder den 1 april som vd för Stockholm Business Region.

Storsatsning i Uppsala – life science-område ska växa kraftigt

Uppsalas största life science-kluster ska bli större – mycket större. Området i Fyrislund ska tredubblas till ytan och ge plats för ytterligare 12 000 arbetspla...

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approva...

Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations

Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive ...

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

A platform for dialogue

As a step towards connecting the life science industry in Denmark, Biologue was founded three years ago with 10 member companies. Today, the network has 40 members and a very busy...

Storbritannien godkänner Pfizers covid-19 vaccin

Vaccinet kommer att finnas tillgängligt på brittiska sjukhus från och med början på nästa vecka.

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

to maintain a close presence in the business,” she says.

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“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”

”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigå...

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

Han leder Sectras nya satsning inom genomik

Medicinteknikbolaget Sectra startar en ny affärsenhet för innovation och utveckling inom området genomik, studiet av arvsmassan. Meningen är att företagets plat...

Orexo får ny finanschef

I september börjar Fredrik Järrsten som CFO hos läkemedelsföretaget Orexo. Han kommer även att ingå i ledningsgruppen.

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometime...