Elevating 3D characterization with enhanced performance and efficiencies

Introducing the ZEISS VersaXRM 730 3D X-ray microscope.

EMA säger nej till Eli Lillys alzheimerläkemedel

Den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA rekommenderar att Eli Lillys alzheimerkandidat Kisunla nekas godkännande i EU. Nyttan med behandlingen bedöms inte över...

VGR pausar Millennium på obestämd tid

Under kaosartade former stoppades journalsystemet Millennium i höstas. Nu pausas införandet på obestämd tid, men Västra Götalandsregionen utesluter inte ett åte...

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter

Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

Första behandlingen mot vanlig leversjukdom godkänd i USA

Efter många år av utveckling har nu för första gången en behandling mot fettlever med leverskada godkänts av det amerikanska läkemedelsverket FDA.

Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated

The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politi...

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...

Government apoints new experts to medicine and health council

Johanna Fälting, Head of Research at BioArctic, and physician Markus Lingman have been appointed as new members of the Swedish Research Council’s Subject Counci...

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 ...

How to Assure Quality within R&D Medical Devices

Free webinar on June 3rd, 2025, 9:00 - 9:45 AM CEST and 5:00 - 5:45 PM CEST.

Nytt blodprov för Alzheimers ska användas i primärvården

Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA har godkänt Roches blodtest Elecsys för bedömning av tidig Alzheimers sjukdom. Testet är godkänt i EU sedan i juli.

Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide

AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a...

Anna Törner: “My quantified life”

“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the mor...

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Pneumatics Makes a Technological Leap with Piezo

The first high-precision proportional valve terminal VTEP opens up new application areas

Blindfödda barn fick syn efter genterapi

Elva små barn som föddes med kraftigt nedsatt syn, och i juridisk mening var blinda, fick alla synskärpa efter behandling med en ny genterapikandidat.

Fast Optical Sectioning of Developing Organisms and Tissue Microstructures

ZEISS Lattice SIM 3 exploits the full potential of the SIM Apotome technology.

Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body

Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list t...

MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures

MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.

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