Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”

The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), acc...

Pfizer vinner budstriden om fetmauppstickaren Metsera

Pfizer har slutit ett avtal på 10 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 95 miljarder kronor, för att köpa det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget Metsera, efter att Novo Nordi...

Charged with illegal pharmaceutical sales – alleged earnings of 23 million

For at least five years, two men allegedly carried out illegal sales of pharmaceuticals and supplements, amassing millions. They are now facing charges at Söder...

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 ...

Novo Nordisk cuts ties with Hims & Hers after Wegovy dispute

Novo Nordisk is ending its collaboration with Hims & Hers Health due to concerns about the company’s sales and marketing practices related to the weight-loss drug Wegovy.

Xbrane enters licensing agreement with Indian generics giant

Swedish biosimilar developer Xbrane Biopharma and the Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals have entered into a license and co-development agreement.

FDA approves new cystic fibrosis therapy

A new treatment for cystic fibrosis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Norway rejects national life science strategy – sees no need

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

Sparkades som vd för Novo Nordisk – här är Lars Fruergaard Jørgensens nya jobb

Den tidigare Novo Nordisk-vd:n ska stärka Danmarks internationella position som ledande life science-nation.

Canada approves leqembi as global alzheimer’s drug race heats up

Leqembi has secured approval in Canada, further consolidating its global lead among disease-modifying Alzheimer’s therapies. The antibody is now authorized in 1...

Nytt bud på vaccinbolaget Bavarian Nordic – ”bästa och slutgiltiga”

Ett konsortium lett av Nordic Capital och Permira höjer sitt bud på vaccintillverkaren Bavarian Nordic. Det nya budet är enligt konsortiet det sista – och komme...

Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU

Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hung...

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...

ZEISS Connected Quality: One metrology hub

The new product family ZEISS CONNECTED QUALITY is the solution for quick and secure data exchange, quality management and efficient system monitoring.

Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”

”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.

The business coach: “We need to learn from our mistakes”

The past year has been challenging for many biotech companies, with several comapanies facing financial stress and bankruptcy. To understand how entrepreneurs c...

Roche förvärvar amerikanskt biotechbolag i miljardaffär

Det schweiziska läkemedelsbolaget Roche förvärvar det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget 89bio för upp till 3,5 miljarder dollar, motsvarande närmare 33 miljarder kronor.

Setback for pharmaceutical companies in the Zantac case

A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of allowing expert witnesses to testify in a case involving the now-cancelled drug Zantac and its potential carcinogenicity.

Scientific Solutions

USA:s regering skrotar vaccinavtal med Moderna

Trumpadministrationen har avbrutit ett kontrakt som tilldelats Moderna för den sena utvecklingsfasen av ett fågelinfluensavaccin för människor, samt rätten att ...

Bayer förlorar flerårig strid mot generikabolag – patent ogiltigförklaras i Sverige

En långdragen patenttvist mellan Bayer och Mylan är avgjord. Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen fastställer beslutet som ogiltigförklarar Bayers patent för ett c...

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Cantargia rekryterar ny medicinsk chef

Bioteknikbolaget Cantargia har utsett Wolfram Dempke till ny Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Han tillträder rollen omedelbart och efterträder Morten Lind Jensen, s...

The new Swedish life science strategy – “It will consolidate Sweden as a leader”

Clinical trials and precision health are emphasised as key areas in the new national life science strategy.