Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”

The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Han blir ny nordisk chef på Becton Dickinson

Det amerikanska medicinteknikbolaget Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) har anställt en ny nordisk chef, Hans Braunstein.

Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way

A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.

Ny vd på Aegirbio

Diagnostikbolaget Aegirbio har rekryterat en ny vd – Marco Witteveen.

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and ...

Analys av metaboliter hjälp för att skräddarsy behandlingar

Genom att studera kroppens nedbrytningsprodukter, metaboliter, kan behandlingar bättre skräddarsys för patientens specifika behov och förutsättningar. Det säger...

Superconductor technology: Contactless working in the laboratory of the future

Automated filling and weighing of freeze-dry containers in the cleanroom with SupraMotion from Festo

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...

Ny CBO hos Bioinvent

Cancerforskningsföretaget Bioinvent har rekryterat Sylvie Ryckebusch till rollen som Chief Business Officer.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”

The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that r...

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...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

Diagnostikbolag från Umeå kan bli Årets exportsuccé

Umeåföretaget Nordic Biomarker, som utvecklar koagulationsdiagnostik, har gått till final i Årets exportsuccé.

Han tar över vd-posten på Smartcella

Biotech- och medtech-bolaget Smartcella har utsett Niklas Prager till ny vd. I sommar efterträder han Johan Rugfeldt, som går tillbaka till rollen som COO i för...

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

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...