Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study

”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess ...

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

Han blir ny ordförande för Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde är valberedningens förslag och den som med största sannolikhet tar över som ny ordförande för den svensk-danska klusterorganisationen för life ...

SMC lanserar världens smalaste magnetventil

Med robot-integratörer och maskinbyggare i åtanke lanserar SMC världens smalaste magnetventil. JSY:s låga vikt och små byggmått sparar energi/plats i rörliga ap...

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the tria...

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new...

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New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Victoria Throfast blir E-hälsomyndighetens chefsfarmaceut

Den nyinrättade tjänsten som chefsfarmaceut på E-hälsomyndigheten ska stärka myndighetens profil som expertmyndighet.

Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field

In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Sci...

Julefrid ger läsetid – 10 artikeltips från redaktionen

När julstöket är avklarat, magen fått sitt och släkten avlägsnat sig lägger sig den stora friden – och kanske vaknar läslusten?

Astra Zeneca nådde inte mål i lungcancerstudie

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

Första bekräftade dödsfallet i omikron i Storbritannien

Minst en person har dött i omikronvarianten i Storbritannien. Det uppger premiärminister Boris Johnson.

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Hello Angelica Loskog!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.

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...

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.