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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...
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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...
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He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug
The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...
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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...
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Ett vaccin som världen väntar på: ”Kan ändra livet för många”
I ett laboratorium i Solna utvecklas ett vaccin som, om allt går i lås, kan rädda otaliga barns liv i låg- och medelinkomstländer. ”Det är viktigt för mig att j...
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Collaboration in laboratory automation
The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with high throughput, working very closely together with Festo. As a resu...
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Getinge stärker närvaron på läkemedelsområdet i miljardaffär
Getinge förvärvar amerikanska High Purity New England, som tillverkar engångsprodukter för bioprocesser. Den svenska medtech-jätten betalar närmare 1,3 miljarde...
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New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals
A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...
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Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide
Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out...
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Han blir ny nordisk chef på Becton Dickinson
Det amerikanska medicinteknikbolaget Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) har anställt en ny nordisk chef, Hans Braunstein.
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Hon skapar läkemedel i 3D-skrivaren
Rätt dosering för rätt individ, oavsett om det är ett svårt sjukt barn eller en skör äldre person. Det är målet för ett långt framskridet projekt med 3D-skrivna...
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...
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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...
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BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”
For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...
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The International Vaccine Institute’s office in Sweden is expanding
The International Vaccine Institute’s Stockholm office has been open for over a year. During the past year, training programmes and projects have been launched,...
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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?
Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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“Everyone is screaming for talent”
Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...
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The art of building a biologic drug
The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “W...
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Studie: Taurin gav längre livslängd för djur
Möss, ormar och apor som fick aminosyran taurin under en längre tid uppvisade mindre åldersrelaterade tecken än kontrollgrupper, enligt en studie.
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Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects
You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...
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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...
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Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease
A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.
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Uppsalabolag fick rätt i viktig patenttvist – men beslutet överklagas
En amerikansk distriktsdomstol har beslutat till Orexos fördel i en tvist om patentet som skyddar det svenska bolagets behandling Zubsolv för patienter med opio...
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Hög aktivitet på Precisionsmedicinskt centrum
För två år sedan meddelade Karolinska institutet och Karolinska universitetssjukhuset att de tillsammans skulle sjösätta Precisionsmedicinskt centrum. Medtech M...