The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Paar, is one such solution – and uses electric axes and control systems from Festo.

Investment CEO: “The Nordics are outstanding in creating successful medtech companies”

Since the beginning of last month, Susanna Francke Rodau has been a partner and the new CEO of Segulah Medical Acceleration, which invests in medical technology...

Revealing the secrets of a part

CT inspection in automation technology at Festo.

Life Science Sweden heads to the Oresund region! ‒ Hello there Michael Linnell

Life Science Sweden’s The Future of Swedish Danish Life Science and New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meetings are coming up soon. We asked Mich...

Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI

How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.

Webinar: Can AI replace humans in pharmacovigilance?

The webinar will explore how AI can transform pharmacovigilance by enhancing efficiency, reducing errors, and addressing challenges such as software costs, data...

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

The Swedish Academy of Sciences: “We have too many researchers”

Sweden does not need more researchers, but it does need better ones. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding should be distributed to favour excellence.

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Pharma Outsourcing – Find the right partner

Stor kongress om framtidsutsikter igång i Lund

Vad sker i framtiden inom svensk och dansk life science? Det diskuteras i dag vid eventet The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science i Lund.

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...

Sobi planerar EMA-ansökan efter positiva studiedata för njurbehandling

Det svenska särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi rapporterar positiva resultat från en fas III-studie med företagets läkemedelskandidat pegcetacoplan mot två sällsynta nju...

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.

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

Branschföreträdare lägger fram förslag till regeringen

Företrädare från branschen uttrycker oro över att Sverige tappar mark inom life science. Nu har de lagt fram ett nytt förslag till regeringen om satsningar för ...

Life science-strategin – detta vill branschen se

Arbetet med att uppdatera den nationella life science-strategin har påbörjats vid regeringens life science-kontor. Sveriges konkurrenskraft, tillgängliggörandet...

The fast route to a safe insulin pen

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around ten million people developing the disease every year. Demand for insulin pens allowing patients to self-medicate i...

Several departures at the top at Nykode

Members of both the management and the board are leaving the Norwegian biotech company Nykode.

ZEISS unveils AI-powered Research Data Platform

Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim champions the future of personalized eye care.