GSK acquires oncology research company

GSK acquires the American biotechnology company Idrx for up to 1.15 billion dollars.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

Danish obesity success causes recruitment problems in southern Sweden

The substantial expansion of Danish Novo Nordisk is affecting companies in southern Sweden, which are finding it increasingly difficult to compete for attractive staff.

FOKUS Patient turns international

FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

LINK Medical Research

To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI

Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.

Flexibelt och skalbart försäkringsskydd för Life Science-bolag

och attrahera investerare som ställer krav på en viss typ av försäkringsskydd.

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

Reveal the Structures and Functions of Life

Super-resolution microscopes from ZEISS.

Study: Popular diabetes drug may be effective against liver disease

After its success in diabetes and weight loss, a new potential therapeutic area has been identified for Ozempic and other GLP1 analogues. A new study links the drug type to a reduced risk of liver damage....

Microscope or Measuring Machine? Both!

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Setback for Moderna in patent dispute with mRNA competitors

Moderna has suffered a setback in a patent battle against their worst competitors in covid vaccines, Biontech and its partner Pfizer.

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her openi...

EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T

CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be ...

ZEISS Microscope has been Optimized for Capturing Subcellular Structures and their Dynamics

Live imaging with uniform super-resolution in all spatial dimensions.

Italian pharmaceutical company buys rights to immunotherapy from Sanofi

Italy's Recordati buys the rights to a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease cold agglutinin disease (CAD).

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

Ozempic may benefit hip replacement surgery

The high-profile drug for type 2 diabetes and weight loss may be beneficial in other areas. One such area is for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery, a ...

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Nytt läkemedel ska förenkla behandling av blödarsjuka

En ny typ av behandling mot hemofili, som bara behöver ges varannan månad, har godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

Lista: Coolaste namnen inom biotech

Håriga bestar, vulkaniskt material och månpromenader sticker ut på en amerikansk lista över de bästa företagsnamnen inom biotech. Och på en annan lista, över de...

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...