A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.

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Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”

Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.

Several departures at the top at Nykode

Members of both the management and the board are leaving the Norwegian biotech company Nykode.

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

“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 ...

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Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy

A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.

Inget statligt stöd för fetmaläkemedel – aktien för läkemedelsjättar pressas

Trump-administrationen slopar Bidens förslag om att om att inkludera fetmaläkemedel i sjukförsäkringen Medicare. Det innebär ett bakslag för Novo Nordisk och El...

FDA godkänner första icke-opioida smärtstillaren på över 20 år

För första gången på flera decennier har en ny typ av läkemedel mot akut smärta som inte är en opioid godkänts i USA.

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“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 ...

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The investor: “The major common diseases are hot again”

She has previously been voted Investor of the Year and will now be moderating The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress. We check the temperature of ...

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 10...

FDA vill ersätta djurförsök med AI – ”Paradigmskifte”

Krav på djurförsök vid läkemedelsutveckling ska fasas ut och ersättas med AI, meddelade FDA på torsdagen. Beskedet möts av skepsis från den nationella föreninge...

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He takes over the chairmanship of Karolinska Development

Ben Toogood is appointed as the new chairman of Karolinska Developments.

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...