This is Sweden's largest life science region

About 60 percent of all jobs within swedish life science are found in the Stockholm-Uppsala area. This was stated in a report presented at Scanlab & Biotech Forum today.

Test if you carry the fat virus

In a soon future there may be a quick and simple test that could show if you are infected with Ad-36, a human adenovirus that can make you over-weight.

Spinnkolonner utvecklade speciellt för ChIP

Isolering av DNA baserat på antikroppsinbindning till kromatin är ett effektivt verktyg för att studera det DNA som finns i närheten av de målproteiner som anti...

Hallå där Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson...

...rektor på Karolinska Institutet som återigen rankas högt i en internationell undersökning. Vad betyder det för ett universitet med den här typen av rankningar?

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

System för bildtagning anpassat för life science

Bildåtergivning. Gel logic 4000 pro är en helautomatiserad plattform för luminiscent, fluorescent, ultraviolett och radioisotop bildtagning som utvecklats speci...

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

Ökade vårdkostnader i Europa kräver långsiktiga satsningar på innovation

Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd, Generalsekreterare på Forska Sverige.

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

Biotage is regrouping

The Swedish company Biotage takes yet another step in streamlining efforts, by outsourcing all instrument production to contract manufacturers.

Lytix calls in cash

Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.

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...

Medicult disclaims Swedish offer

The Norwegian company Medicult's Board is highly sceptical to the yesterday announced Vitrolife offer.

Meda gets access to Asia

The biotech giant Meda has recently acquires world-wide rights to the cancer breakthrough pain drug Onsolis.

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.

Dansk nedgång i klinisk utveckling

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.

Svenska chefer stryper forskningen

Färre forskare nyanställs och den befintliga forskningsstyrkan kan minskas. Det visar en ny rapport som bygger på svar från knappt trehundra chefer i svenska in...

Life science management for hire

Do you need help getting your biotech company off and running? Camoleon is a new type of consultant that offers help with business and innovation management and...

Lundbeck divests companies

The company sells all shares in one listed company plus divests four small private equity funds, for a three-figured million sum.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Mediciner i svenska vatten en hälsofara

Även de låga halter av olika läkemedel som finns i svenska vattendrag ökar inflammationen i mänskliga celler.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.