Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

Nya sätt att spana in i hjärnan

Avancerade metoder för att avbilda hjärnan ger forskarna nya möjligheter att förstå hur olika delar kommunicerar med varandra, hela vägen ner på cellnivå. Förho...

Changing e-solutions for clinical trials

Social media and personalized medicine are two factors that will have a great impact on the design and IT-solutions for clinical trials. Unithink is an upcoming...

Roche sänker budet på Genentech

I juli ifjol var budet 89 dollar per aktie. Då sa Genentechs styrelse nej tack. Nu meddelar läkemedelsjätten att man sänker budet och vänder sig direkt till småägarna.

Grape extract kills cancer cells

Grapes contain potentially beneficial chemicals that can destroy cancer cells, a new research proves.

Laboratory food

VWR exhibits laboratory tools with molecular gastronomy Rotary evaporators and magnetic stirrers - for making food. VWR tries out new ways for the exhibition at...

Academia - a strong player on the lab market

While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia incre...

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

Bring talent to those in need

Ho ho ho, Christmas time is here again. So get busy decking the halls, perhaps not with assorted greenery, but with something of a more lasting value.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

A platform for dialogue

As a step towards connecting the life science industry in Denmark, Biologue was founded three years ago with 10 member companies. Today, the network has 40 memb...

Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

Early stage research and low turnaround dominates

Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performer...

"Enormt enkelt när man väl kommit på hur man gör"

Johan Häggblad driver ett virtuellt läkemedelsbolag med bara två anställda och tycker att framgångsreceptet är enkelt.

Sales Representative, Applied Biosystems

En affärsmodell på väg att dö

"Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together. I've got some real estate here in my bag", Det luspanka unga bussluffarparet i Simon & Garfunkels "America...

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

Young, bright and committed to labtech

Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be bac...

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recogniz...