Anna Törner: ”Varför inte slå till på en ADHD-diagnos till kampanjpris?”

”Det är självklart positivt att neuropsykiatriska diagnoser inte upplevs som stigmatiserande, men just när det gäller ADHD kan jag inte låta bli att undra om de...

Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’

Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other in...

Efter ett tredje dödsfall – genterapi pausas

Sarepta Therapeutics har efter påstötningar från amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA beslutat att pausa vidare leveranser av den ifrågasatta genterapin Elevidys i USA.

Stanfords rektor avgår efter anklagelser om forskningsfusk

Mitt i sommaren meddelade neuroforskaren Marc Tessier-Lavigne att han skulle lämna sin post som rektor för Stanford efter anklagelser om manipulerade studiedata...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

She is CSL Behring's new Nordic General Manager

Since the beginning of january, Helena Bragd is the new Nordic General Manager for the biotech company CSL Behring and CEO of CSL Behring AB.

List: The coolest names in biotech

Hairy beasts, volcanic material and space strolling stand out on a US list of the best biotech company names, and on a list of the coolest names for pharmaceuti...

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Alvotech i nytt avtal efter Xbrane-köpet – ”Sverigeteamet är starkt”

Alvotech har tecknat ett avtal med Advanz Pharma om kommersialisering av biosimilarkandidaten AVT10, utvecklad av svenska Xbrane Biopharma som nyligen förvärvat...

Läkemedelsjättar vill stanna i EU – ber kommissionen om hjälp

Astra Zeneca har tillsammans med nästan tre dussintals globala läkemedelsbolag uttryckt sin önskan att förbli kvar i Europa, men då vill man ha hjälp av EU-komm...

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Festo Expands its Portfolio with Multilayer Manifolds

Manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment now receive solutions from a single source

“We should avoid surgery if we can”

Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about rol...

Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO

Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.

Superconductor technology: Contactless working in the laboratory of the future

Automated filling and weighing of freeze-dry containers in the cleanroom with SupraMotion from Festo

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...

Novo Nordisk utser Mike Doustdar till ny vd

Den danska läkemedelsjätten Novo Nordisk har utsett Mike Doustdar till ny vd. Samtidigt kom besked om att bolaget sänker sina prognoser – vilket ledde till att ...

Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”

”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence in...

Pulsen på patientförbunden del 5: Hjärt- och lungsjukdomar

Sjukvården behöver ha ett ökat fokus på individens enskilda behov och samordna sig mer mellan specialist- och primärvård. Det framhåller Riksförbundet Hjärt Lun...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...

Higher throughput in less time

Do you want to automate your quality processes, shorten inspection times and increase your throughput? Gain inspiration from the experience of the medical techn...

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...

A small thing that can solve your problems

If you are in need of a compact valve. Look no further! We have the VOVK

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...