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...

Xbrane enters licensing agreement with Indian generics giant

Swedish biosimilar developer Xbrane Biopharma and the Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals have entered into a license and co-development agreement.

This years Nobel prize in medicine – “Changed the understanding of how genes are controlled”

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to the discovery that small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs, control how genes are regulated. Understan...

USA och Storbritannien i nytt avtal – nolltullar för läkemedel

USA och Storbritannien har enats om ett handelsavtal som avskaffar amerikanska tullar på brittiska läkemedel och medicintekniska produkter. I utbyte lovar Storb...

Scientific Solutions

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science (2026)

Matti Sällberg om året som kommer: ”Större intresse riktas mot Europa”

Nu nalkas vinterns ledigheter. Det vill Life Science Sweden uppmärksamma genom att ställa bakåt- och framåtblickande frågor till branschprofiler fram till jul. ...

Verigraft fick Arvid Carlsson-priset

Göteborgsbaserade Verigraft belönas med Arvid Carlsson Award 2025 för ”banbrytande framsteg inom regenerativ medicin”.

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

Karlstadprofessor prisas för insatser inom kromatografi

Torgny Fornstedt, professor i analytisk kemi vid Karlstads universitet, har tilldelats J.F.K. Huber Lecture Award för ”banbrytande bidrag inom fundamental först...

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 ...

Automated opening and closing of sample vials

From technical requirements to a suitable solution

ZEISS announces CE mark for CIRRUS PathFinder AI tool with automated OCT assessment

Fully integrated AI decision support tool flags B scans that may require further review, supporting more confident decision making and more efficient patient care.

Unexpected study results on testosterone – no reduction in fracture risk

Testosterone treatment is known to increase bone density and bone quality. However, a study now suggests that supplementation with the male sex hormone does not...

Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”

The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), acc...

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...

The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”

When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite...

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).

Festo liquid dispensing: going fast and slow

Dispensing liquid with Festo equipment developed for automation can really be adapted to your needs

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”

It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic hav...