An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”

Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Över...

600 million SEK for life science - "Should not be the country of moderation"

Sweden will prioritize excellence over breadth in research. This was made clear when the government presented the research proposition for the next four years.

Roche breddar användningen av sitt tidigare cancerläkemedel

Roche har fått FDA-godkännande för att använda sitt läkemedel Gazyva vid behandling av vuxna med aktiv lupusnefrit – en allvarlig njurkomplikation vid SLE. Besk...

Danish biotech to buy struggling American oncology company

Danish drugmaker Pharmacosmos has agreed to acquire American pharmaceutical company G1 Therapeutics in a deal that amounts to 405 million dollars.

WuXi AppTec, UK Ltd

Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”

Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.

AstraZeneca to use American AI platform for cancer trials

In a collaboration AstraZeneca will use an AI model from Israeli-American biotech Immunai to streamline its clinical trials in cancer.

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...

The Crucial Role of Core Imaging Facility Managers

User story from ZEISS and the University of York.

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

64 ventiler och EP-regulatorer med full fältbusskontroll

SMC introducerar JSY3000-P, en del i vår nya serie kompakta JSY ventilramper, nu med integrerade elektropneumatiska regulatorer för zonindelning av tryck i ramp...

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...

Medicon Valley Alliance

Xbrane tar in 240 miljoner – satsar vidare på biosimilarprojekt

Biosimilarutvecklaren Xbrane Biopharma tar in 240 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission, som var övertecknad.

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.

Reveal the Structures and Functions of Life

Super-resolution microscopes from ZEISS.

From lab to patient – the art of developing new antibody therapies

For 25 years, Danish company Genmab has been developing antibodies and has managed to get several drugs all the way to the patient. Esther Breij has been along ...

Han är ny vd för Atrogi – ska ta obesitaskandidat till nästa fas

Det svenska bioteknikbolaget Atrogi, som utvecklar en oral kandidat mot obesitas, har utsett Paul Little till ny vd med omedelbar verkan.

Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy

A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.

Save the dates: ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit, October 22-24

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New features in ZEISS CALYPSO 2024

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Compact and leak-tight powerhouse

Media-separated solenoid valve VYKA from Festo is virtually leak-free

AZ gets approval for drug targeting rare disease – it may reduce cortisone dependence

AstraZeneca’s drug Fasenra gets an expanded indication in the EU and is now approved as a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.

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