MSD Sveriges vd: ”Vi sätter en ära i att driva kliniska prövningar”

Att få vara delaktig i att utrota en svår sjukdom i Sverige är en sällsynt förmån. För Birgitta Wikman Erlandson, nytillträdd vd för MSD Sverige, kan det bli ve...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

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...

Är ditt ERP tillräckligt skalbart för att hantera Life Science?

Ett flexibelt och skalbart affärssystem är viktigt inom alla branscher men extra viktigt inom Life Science, varför då?

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...

“Life science is important on a personal level”

From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of ...

Reliably gripping and turning small parts

The extremely compact rotary gripper module EHMD is the ideal choice in many life science applications where small objects need to be gripped and turned in conf...

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark...

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

Trends and overview: ELRIG "Robotics and Automation"

Laboratories on the way to end-to-end automation: Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation technology boosted by pandemic

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

Astrazeneca donerar 9 miljoner ansiktsmasker

Läkemedelsbolaget Astrazeneca donerar 9 miljoner ansiktsmasker till sjukvården runt om i hela världen för att de ska kunna hantera covid-19-pandemin.

Medieuppgifter: Astra Zenecas vd överväger att lämna

Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot överväger att lämna företaget och har diskuterat detta med flera personer. Det skriver brittiska Mail on Sunday som hänvisar till anonyma källor.

Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way

A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.

TLV: Kostnader för läkemedel ökar allt snabbare

Kostnaderna för läkemedel fortsätter att stiga. Ökningstakten i fjol var den snabbaste under det senaste tio åren – och kommande år väntas ännu större ökningar.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Amerikansk tidning stämmer EU-kommissionen för "mörkade" vaccin-sms

EU:s vägran att lämna ut en sms-konversation mellan Pfizers ledning och EU-kommissionens ordförande Ursula von der Leyen i samband med ett gigantiskt vaccinkont...

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.