Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tin...

Galenica AB

AI automates testing of implant coatings

The medical technology group Smith+Nephew uses an AI-supported light microscope ZEISS Axio Imager to inspect coated implants.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

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...

WHO rekommenderar det första malariavaccinet för barn: "En historisk dag"

Världshälsoorganisationen WHO rekommenderar en storskalig användning av världens första malariavaccin.

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away

A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 o...

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week....

Rising interest in CRISPR treatments

Treatments using CRISPR technology are emerging as one of the hottest medical trends in the United States – and the FDA is doing its best to promote the development.

Nya notan för Purdue Pharma – skandalbolaget bakom opioidkrisen

Slutnotan kan vara på väg för läkemedelstillverkaren Purdue Pharmas inblandning i USA:s opioidkris – och den ser ut att landa på minst 7,4 miljarder dollar, mot...

Truly Labs AB

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which...

”Staten behöver storsatsa på forskning”

Sverige har stora möjligheter att bibehålla styrkan inom akademisk forskning, och växa inom Life Science. För att det ska ske behöver vi en nationell satsning och samarbete.

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.

Fuskanklagat pharmabolag lägger ner alzheimerprojekt

Amerikanska Cassava Sciences avbryter utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat inom Alzheimers sjukdom efter misslyckande i en fas III-studie

Dags för ”ett av våra mest efterfrågade möten”

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...

Uppsalaforskare får dela på tungt vetenskapspris

De bägge Uppsalaforskarna Mia Phillipson och Evelina Vågesjö tilldelas Hans Wigzells forskningsstiftelses vetenskapliga pris på en miljon kronor för sin forskni...

Elypta ska växa med hjälp av europeisk accelerator

Det svenska diagnostikbolaget Elypta, som utvecklar metoder för tidig upptäckt av cancer, har antagits som medlem i det europeiska acceleratorprogrammet EIC Scaling Club.