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...

Lösning hittad för Orexos patenttvist

En långdragen patenttvist mellan Uppsalabolaget Orexo och indiska Sun Pharmaceutical Industries är nu löst genom förlikning.

Alvotech i nytt miljardavtal om biosimilarer

Stockholmsnoterade Alvotech har ingått avtal med brittiska Advanz Pharma om kommersialisering av tre biosimilarkandidater.

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...

Milstolpe nådd för Leqembi – Bioarctic kan casha in

Försäljningen av alzheimerläkemedlet Leqembi har nått sin första milstolpe, och därmed kan svenska Bioarctic på allvar börja skörda frukterna av sitt utvecklingsarbete.

FDA godkänner Gileads injektion mot hiv: ”Avgörande ögonblick”

Gilead Sciences förbyggande hiv-läkemedel lenakapavir godkändes på onsdagen av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA. Nu tänds hoppet om att äntligen kunna ...

Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO

Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.

Bico säljer bolag inom in vitro-testning och digital patologi

Bioteknikbolaget Bico avyttrar Mattek och Visikol, som integrerades i Mattek operationellt förra året, till Sartorius Lab. Köpeskillingen är på 80 miljoner doll...

What will be the next big hype after obesity? – An expert panel highlighted their top picks

What will be the next big trend in life science? Everything from Alzheimer’s, Crispr and Omics were highlighted when the issue was debated at this year’s major ...

ZEISS receives FDA clearance for INTRABEAM 700

With its new treatment platform for intraoperative radiotherapy, ZEISS is actively shaping the medical innovation of neuro tumor therapy.

A tiny animal with great importance

From the mythical Ganges River to the less sacred, but considerably cleaner waters in KI's aquariums in Solna. The little zebrafish has made an unconscious care...

Basics of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

Learn about the principle of confocal fluorescence microscopy.

Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!

Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now bee...

Svenskutvecklad ”symaskin” för kirurgi godkänns i USA

Skånebaserade Suturion, som utvecklar ett slags symaskin för förbättrad bukkirurgi, har fått sin produkt FDA-godkänd och nu väntar lansering i USA.

Higher throughput in less time

Do you want to automate your quality processes, shorten inspection times and increase your throughput? Gain inspiration from the experience of the medical techn...

Mercodia AB

“We should avoid surgery if we can”

Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about rol...

ProPharma

Could an overly burdensome QMS be the organization’s own doing?

Although the above statement is intentionally somewhat provocative, it does hold a degree of truth. Organizations that are generally negative toward regulations...

We desire talent to come here, but are we genuinely welcoming them?

Sweden faces significant challenges in creating a truly inclusive environment that makes international professionals feel welcome, valued, and able to build mea...

Exploring Molecular Dynamics with Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.

Dödsfall efter genterapi – FDA stoppar klinisk studie

En klinisk genterapistudie utförd av Rocket Pharmaceuticals har stoppats av FDA sedan en av patienterna avlidit.

Avhopp i Kennedys vaccinkommitté inför första mötet

Efter att ha sparkat samtliga experter i USA:s vaccinkommitté och tillsatt åtta nya, står hälsominister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nu med en ofullständig panel. En m...

Roche’s Genentech terminates licencing deal with Norwegian biotech

Genentech is ending a license collaboration with Norwegian biotech Nykode Therapeutics regarding a clinical stage cancer vaccine program.