Raised millions to develop a treatment for ´butterfly children´

Fragile as a butterfly’s wing – that’s how people living with Epidermolysis Bullosa are usually described. The Lund-based company Xinnate recently raised SEK 100 million in a new...

Nytt samarbete: Chat GPT flyttar in i Lundbecks laboratorier

Den danska läkemedelskoncernen Lundbeck tar hjälp av Open AI för att påskynda forskning och effektivisera arbetet inom hela verksamheten.

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Ledarskifte i GSK – Emma Walmsley lämnar efter åtta år

Läkemedelsjätten GSK:s vd Emma Walmsley lämnar efter åtta år på posten. Hon ersätts med Luke Miels, som idag är bolagets Chief Commercial Officer.

Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak

”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be r...

Astra Zeneca miljardsatsar på Crispr och AI för läkemedelsutveckling

Astra Zeneca har tecknat avtal med San Francisco-baserade Algen Biotechnologies, som specialiserat sig på artificiell intelligens och genredigering.

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Doge backar om nedläggning av viktigt FDA-labb

Trumpadministrationen drar efter kritik tillbaka beslutet att stänga ett av FDA:s viktigaste laboratorier för läkemedelskontroll.

Samarbete ska ta Tirmed Pharmas eksembehandling in i klinisk fas

Tirmed Pharma ingår ett fördjupat samarbete med Lundbaserade Zelmic om formulering och tillverkning av bolagets läkemedelskandidat för autoimmuna hudsjukdomar.

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ZEISS O-INSPECT duo covers two essential applications in quality assurance.

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

“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...

Quality solutions for medical device R&D applications

From R&D to the quality assurance of series production in medical device manufacturing.

Rapid developments in AI – “All stakeholders are struggling to understand it”

Artificial intelligence is being discussed more and more, and developments in the field are moving rapidly. As the Swedish Medical Products Agency testifies, ke...

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Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn d...

Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers

A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.

Abbvie ryktas överväga miljardförvärv inom mental hälsa

Läkemedelsbolaget Abbvie uppges föra diskussioner om att förvärva Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, ett bolag inom mental hälsa, i en affär som ska ligga på omkring en miljard dollar.

“Life science is important on a personal level”

From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of ...

Cantargia rekryterar ny medicinsk chef

Bioteknikbolaget Cantargia har utsett Wolfram Dempke till ny Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Han tillträder rollen omedelbart och efterträder Morten Lind Jensen, s...

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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.

“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”

The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment l...