Ytterligare läkemedelskandidat mot Alzheimers droppas

Ett litet schweiziskt biotechbolag avbryter en fas II-studien med sin läkemedelskandidat mot Alzheimers sjukdom. Beskedet kommer inte långt efter att Biogen och...

Uppgift: Sanofi planerar avknoppning av sina receptfria läkemedel

Den franska läkemedelsjätten Sanofi uppges ha bett ett antal banker att pitcha för att delta i att hantera företagets planerade avknoppning av sin OTC-verksamhe...

FDA approves new cystic fibrosis therapy

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

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...

LINK Medical recruits Swedish CEO

The Norwegian Contract Research Organization LINK Medical has recruited Anders Göransson as the new CEO.

This years Nobel prize in medicine – “Changed the understanding of how genes are controlled”

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to the discovery that small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs, control how genes are regulated. Understan...

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in new quality control lab

Novo Nordisk has announced plans to invest 2.9 billion Danish kroner in order to establish a new quality control laboratory in Hillerød in northern Zealand, Denmark.

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...

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Copenhagen (2026)

Vaccinet har räddat 94 miljoner liv – men nu sprids mässlingen igen

En sjukdom som vi trodde hörde till det förgångna ökar nu åter i både Europa och USA. I skuggan av ökad skepsis och minskad vaccintäckning gör mässlingen – som ...

100 years of Festo

The spirit of invention is deeply rooted in our corporate culture. Since our foundation, we have been setting benchmarks by developing innovative solutions that...

Björn Arvidsson will lead research and innovation in Region Uppsala

The Swedish life science profile Björn Arvidsson has been appointed Director of Research and Innovation for Region Uppsala.

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...

Petter Hartman: ”Existentiell egenvård i en kaotisk värld”

”Vår förmåga att möta livets svårigheter tycks hänga ihop med känslan av gemenskap och meningsfullhet”, skriver Petter Hartman i en krönika som tar upp regering...

Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark

Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.

Politisk kursändring i USA väcker oro: ”Nödvändigt att Europa tar en ledande roll”

Utvecklingen i USA oroar, men öppnar samtidigt en strategisk chans för Europa och Sverige att kliva fram, menar Lif:s vd Sofia Wallström.

MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures

MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.

Trumps nya hot: 250-procentiga tullar på läkemedel

Tullar på importerade läkemedel kan på sikt hamna på uppemot 250 procent, uppger USA:s president Donald Trump. Det skulle i så fall bli den högsta tullsatsen ha...

Antibiotikaresistensen i Sverige fortsätter öka

Långsamt men stadigt. Så beskrivs ökningen av antibiotikaresistensen i Sverige, enligt en ny rapport från Folkhälsomyndigheten.

GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits

British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against t...

Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

GSK acquires oncology research company

GSK acquires the American biotechnology company Idrx for up to 1.15 billion dollars.

Uppgifter: Kennedy pekar ut vanlig värktablett som möjlig orsak till autism

USA:s hälsominister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. väntas peka ut användning av en vanlig värktablett med paracetamol under graviditeten som en möjlig riskfaktor för autism.

Italian pharmaceutical company buys rights to immunotherapy from Sanofi

Italy's Recordati buys the rights to a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease cold agglutinin disease (CAD).