Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Verkningslös covidbehandling kan ha dödat 17 000

Ogrundade förhoppningar på substanserna klorokin och hydroxiklorokin som behandling mot covid-19 kan ha lett till att närmare 17 000 personer miste livet, enligt en ny studie.

Danska life science-industrin står för rekordhög export

Den danska exporten av life science-produkter har ökat explosionsartat, med en tillväxt på 227 procent sedan 2008 och utgjorde 2023 så mycket som 19 procent av ...

Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug

Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the bi...

Marie Gårdmark: ”Patienten i fokus borde vara en självklarhet”

”Som industri gör vi klokt i att lyssna till patienter och förstå deras vardag”, skriver Marie Gårdmark om en positiv utveckling inom läkemedelsutveckling där v...

A mass flow controller that is silent, fast and cost-effective

Portable ventilator breathing devices, bioreactors or the dosing of inert gases all rely on the highest control dynamics. That is exactly what the proportional ...

Pilots want to live too

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm

Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs ar...

Life science trends 2025 – Neurology

New Alzheimer's drugs are beginning to be used in Sweden, more deals in the neuro sector are expected, and tools for deliver active substances across the blood-...

The dock that “thinks” for itself

The world of bulk material handling seems straightforward at first glance: moving, filling, delivering. However, the art of dealing with a variety of different ...

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

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...

Förbättrad maskinsäkerhet med ny kontrollenhet från SMC

SMC lanserar kontrollenhet med STO-funktionalitet och SS1-t för stegmotorkontroll i säkerhetskretsar designade enligt ISO/IEC-standarder. Kombinera med batteril...

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...

Färdigmonterade pumpaggregat | AxFlow

AxFlow Systems monterar kompletta pumpaggregat och säkerställer att pumpen är redo för utleverans inom 3 arbetsdagar.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality

What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.

Förlikning i babypuderskandal stoppas av domstol

Det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget Johnson & Johnson har för en andra gång fått avslag av en domare om en konkursansökan för dotterbolaget LTL Management, mest k...

Larm om vaccinbrist efter utbrott av difteri i Västafrika

Ett allvarligt utbrott av difteri har drabbat Västafrika. Nu varnar Läkare utan gränser för brist på läkemedel och vaccin mot sjukdomen.

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...

KI’s new super machine measures brain activity in real-time – “A very expensive hairdo”

Using brand-new, super-advanced equipment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now measure brain activity in real-time, with higher resolution than previou...