Trump aviserar ny prispress – läkemedelsjättar faller

USA:s president Donald Trump har återigen riktat fokus mot landets läkemedelspriser. Han presenterar nu två separata initiativ för att pressa priserna på diabet...

“Life science is important on a personal level”

From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of ...

A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”

A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can m...

Norway rejects national life science strategy – sees no need

The Norwegian Arbeiderpartiet rejects a proposal that Norway should develop its own life science strategy.

Suing the company – for NOT developing a new HIV drug

Was Gilead putting a steady flow of profits from its cash cow ahead of developing a new and safer drug? According to a large number of US HIV patients in a lega...

Medicon Village Science Park

AI upptäcker tumörsjukdom – via röstinspelning

En kort röstinspelning tillsammans med ansiktsbilder – i bägge fallen analyserade med en AI-algoritm – kan göra det möjligt att upptäcka den sällsynta tumörsjuk...

Mavatar AB

Efficient use of blood plasma

Blood plasma is an indispensable resource in the production of life-saving medicines. It is in high demand on global markets. To make more efficient use of this...

Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”

It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic hav...

Aurevia

Cecilia Wadell ska ta Alzecures kliniska utveckling vidare

Alzecure har utsett Cecilia Wadell till ny utvecklingschef.

Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”

The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from AB...

”AI-teknologin är här – dags för industrin att ta rygg på Läkemedelsverket”

När Läkemedelsverket, som en av de första läkemedelsmyndigheterna i Europa, lanserade sin egen generativa AI-lösning – den lokalt driftade Regulus – sattes ett ...

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...

Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body

Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list t...

NorthX Biologics Matfors AB

The US is leaving the WHO

The newly installed US President, Donald Trump, has issued an executive order for the US to leave the World Health Organization, WHO.

The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine

The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast ...

Several departures at the top at Nykode

Members of both the management and the board are leaving the Norwegian biotech company Nykode.

Anna Törner: ”Orphan Designation – the "petite robe noire" of drug development”

It is easy to cling to various regulatory incentives, like orphan designation, and other expedited pathways, without understanding what they truly mean or wheth...

Orexo får USA-stöd för överdosläkemedel vid blandmissbruk

Uppsalabolaget Orexo har fått 8 miljoner dollar, motsvarande 75 miljoner kronor, av den amerikanska myndigheten Barda för att ta fram ett nasalt räddningsläkeme...

Jan Holmgren to receive award for the development of cholera vaccine

Researcher Jan Holmgren is being awarded for the development of the first effective drinkable cholera vaccine. The award is given by the International Vaccine I...

Mercodia AB