Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations

Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive ...

Komplett sortiment för effektiv filterrengöring med låg luft

SMC lanserar en ny filterblåsventil med integrerad magnetventil, hög pulskraft, snabb responstid och låg luftförbrukning. Konstruktionen med membran utan fjäder...

Sprint licensierar ut cancerprogram i sin största affär hittills

Sprint Bioscience licensierar ut de globala rättigheterna till cancerprogrammet Vada till amerikanska Day One Biopharmaceuticals. Avtalet, som är bolagets störs...

Pfizer har fördubblat sin onkologipipeline – ”Vi har mer än 50 pågående cancerstudier”

I Pfizers portfölj för utveckling av läkemedel står cancer i fokus. Men företaget arbetar även mycket med vaccin och läkemedel mot infektionssjukdomar. Enligt J...

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

Efficient use of blood plasma

Blood plasma is an indispensable resource in the production of life-saving medicines. It is in high demand on global markets. To make more efficient use of this...

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

Bioscience-möte på Karolinska samlar medicinsk forskarelit

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

CTR köper konsultbolag inom toxikologi

CTR köper konsultbolaget Toxicology Knowledge Team (TKT) och utökar därmed sin expertis inom toxikologi och riskbedömning.

“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...

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will adv...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

Rockad i ledningen för Kancera

Forskningsbolaget Kancera utser Peter Selin till ny vd. Samtidigt får nuvarande vd:n Thomas Olin rollen som forskningschef och vice vd.

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?

Marie Curie – forskaren som besegrade en tidsanda

Om herrarna i den franska vetenskapsakademien fått sin vilja fram hade hon varken fått erkännande eller berömmelse: ”Herregud, ett fruntimmer kan ju inte forska...

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma ...

CTR etablerar regulatoriska tjänster i nytt företag – ska komplettera Regsmart

CTR startar ett nytt bolag som ska stödja kunder med regulatoriska tjänster, och som ska komplettera Regsmart.

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish ...

Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...

Internationella vaccininstitutets kontor i Sverige växer

Internationella vaccininstitutets kontor i Stockholm har nu funnits i över ett år. Under året som gått har utbildningar och projekt dragits i gång, berättar Anh...