Controlled Pneumatics: pushing the boundaries of pneumatics

automation processes that are already known. It also opens up new opportunities, especially for controlling pressure and flow rate. Piezo valves, which enable v...

Large study: The benefits and risks of obesity medications

Medications such as Ozempic can reduce the risk of a range of different diseases and health conditions but also increase the risk of others. This is according t...

Trögt för genterapi mot blödarsjuka – kan dumpas av bolaget

Roctavian, en genterapi mot blödarsjuka som sågs som ett medicinsk genombrott, har floppat kommersiellt. Nu planerar företaget bakom att avyttra läkemedlet från sin portfölj.

Marie Gårdmark: ”The situation is not satisfactory”

”The legislative tool-box is limited, but carrots in the form of longer exclusivity has already proven successful, this has for example increased registration of new products in rare diseases. But will it also work to increase access for all EU patients...

Ny antibiotika mot urinvägsinfektion godkänns – första på 30 år

Läkemedelsbolaget GSK har fått FDA-godkännande för Blujepa - en ny klass av orala antibiotika.

“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”

Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diag...

SGS Fimko Ltd.

Phase III win for Hansa Biopharma: “We Are Thrilled”

Swedish biotech Hansa Biopharma’s transplant drug imlifidase has met the primary efficacy endpoint in a registration-enabling Phase III study in the United States.

Drug development booms in Medicon Valley

When it comes to developing new medicines, the Öresund region is one of the top performers in the EU. Companies working on commission for pharmaceutical compani...

Studie: Uppväxtort kan påverka risk för typ 1-diabetes

Risken att utveckla diabetes typ 1 varierar kraftigt beroende på var i Sverige du har bott som barn, enligt en ny studie från Göteborgs universitet. Resultatet ...

Uppsalabolag licensierar ut migränbehandling

Klaria Pharma licensierar ut sin munfilmsbaserade migränbehandling Sumatriptan Alginatfilm till CNX Therapeutics, som därmed får rätt att lansera produkten i Eu...

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

The life science strategy – what the industry wants

The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s compe...

Johan Pehrson takes over the responsibility for research policy in Sweden

The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson takes over the assignment as Minister for Education. This was announced by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) on Tuesday last week.

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.

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...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Falska studiedeltagare – ett växande hot mot forskningen

Digital rekrytering blir allt vanligare vid hälsorelaterad forskning, men samtidigt ökar problemet med falska deltagare. Det hotar både resultatens tillförlitli...

Venom from the deathstalker carries radiopharmaceuticals to the brain

In order to target cancerous brain tumours with radionuclides, the problematic blood-brain barrier must first be crossed. Life Science Sweden has visited a KI r...

Tung patentutgång får Novartis att banta personalstyrkan

Novartis planerar att kapa bort 427 tjänster i USA, bland annat till följd av en kommande patentutgång för bolagets hjärtläkemedel Entresto.

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Xbrane backar efter ny FDA-smäll – ”Vi är mycket besvikna”

Xbrane Biopharma backar med över 30 procent på börsen efter fortsatta problem hos en kontraktstillverkare – vilket väntas leda till ytterligare förseningar av e...