Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Novo Nordisk Foundation breddar innovationsprogram – nu kan hela Norden söka

Novo Nordisk Foundation öppnar nu upp för ansökningar från forskare i hela Norden inom ramen för sitt Distinguished Innovator-program. Totalt ska 60 miljoner da...

The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay

Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the ...

Svenska forskare utvecklar läkemedel mot fetma

Två tidigare godkända läkemedel utgör ingredienserna för ett nytt preparat mot fetma som Solnaföretaget Empros Pharma utvecklar.

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

Novo Nordisk ansluter sig till MVA

Novo Nordisk Sverige vill genom medlemskapet stärka rekryteringsbasen och den kliniska forskningen i Sverige.

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...

Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers

A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.

Bio-Works ska leverera till Novo Nordisk

Rising interest in CRISPR treatments

Treatments using CRISPR technology are emerging as one of the hottest medical trends in the United States – and the FDA is doing its best to promote the development.

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that i...

Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse

The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala resear...

Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work

A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...

Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn d...

Läkemedelsjättar i gemensam kraftsamling för miljön

Sju av världens största läkemedelsbolag, bland dem Astra Zeneca, går ihop om gemensamma åtgärder för att reducera utsläppen av växthusgaser.

Index studie försenas

Utvecklingsbolaget Index pharmaceutical senarelägger resultaten från Conduct-studien efter långsammare patientrekrytering än väntat.

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Lucy Robertshaw inför kongressen i Lund: ”Det känns som en familjeåterträff”

På onsdag är det dags för Life Science Swedens stora kongress The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science i Lund. Lucy Robertshaw är moderator för mötet.

Keyplants får stororder från Galderma

Keyplant ska bygga en life science-anläggning för Galderma i Uppsala, en order som för Keyplant är värd 75 miljoner euro, motsvarande cirka 787 miljoner kronor.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...

Anna Törner: “My quantified life”

“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the mor...

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

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 ...

Den svenska innovationsmodellen: “Det finns en paradox“

Det talas ofta om att Sverige är starkt när det kommer till innovation. Men hur väl förvandlar vi den innovationen till faktiska läkemedel?