Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

Tirzepatide approved for obesity by the FDA – to be branded as Zepbound

Diabetes drug tirzepatide has now also been approved in the US for treating obesity.

New issue of Life Science Sweden!

The international issue of Life Science Sweden has been sent to press.

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in Danish manufacturing facilities

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is investing DKK 42 billion, equivalent to around SEK 65 billion/EUR 5.6 billion, in its manufacturing facilities in Ka...

Han är ny på Wellspect Healthcare

Mölndalsbaserade medtech-bolaget Wellspect Healthcare har rekryterat Chris Schlenk till group vice president.

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study

”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess ...

Dryg fördubbling av restanmälda läkemedel

Antalet restanmälda läkemedel mer än fördubblades i fjol jämfört med föregående år, visar en sammanställning från Läkemedelsverket.

Single-use sats för läkemedels- och bioteknikindustrin

AxFlow kan nu erbjuda single-use sats från Carolina Components Group, som etablerar sig över hela världen som en tillverkare med spetskompetens inom sterila art...

Medhouse är med och lanserar GAPS - en global allians inom Life Science

Medhouse har tillsammans med 6 andra internationella konsultföretag skapat Global Alliance for Pharma Solutions (GAPS). Alliansen består därmed av ett robust in...

Så mycket väntas lecanemab sälja globalt

Försäljningen av Leqembi (lecanemab), som nyligen fick ett accelererat USA-godkännande som behandling mot Alzheimers sjukdom, väntas globalt uppgå till sju milj...

Uncertainty about the government’s life science work

The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now question...

Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field

In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Sci...

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Sweden is organising a large life science conference as part of the EU presidency

On 26-27 June, Sweden will host a European meeting on life science.

Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

A suitable solution developed for UPM Biomedicals In the Festo LifeTech Application Center we tested a setup for UPM Biomedicals for the automatic dispensing of...

Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”

Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks appr...

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...

5 blir till 1 - Läs mer om Senseca!

GHM Groups välkända fabrikat – Honsberg, Val.Co, Greisinger, Martens och DeltaOHM – slår sig samman och bildar det nya, starka varumärket Senseca. Detta innebär...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Study: Popular diabetes drug may be effective against liver disease

After its success in diabetes and weight loss, a new potential therapeutic area has been identified for Ozempic and other GLP1 analogues. A new study links the ...

Utökat samarbete mellan KI och Chiesi

Italienska Chiesi och Karolinska institutet utökar sitt samarbete inom bland annat luftvägssjukdomar.