The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Akademiska först att dosera patient med Affibodys radioterapikandidat

En första patient vid Akademiska sjukhuset har fått behandling med Affibodys målsökande radioterapeutiska kandidat ABY-271 mot HER2-positiv metastaserad bröstca...

Umeåbolag ska utveckla test för bloddopning

Umeåbolaget Protest Diagnostics har fått 1,2 miljoner kronor av den internationella antidopningsbyrån Wada för att utveckla ett test som ska upptäcka bloddopning.

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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.

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

. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.

Medivir i nytt avtal om cancerläkemedel i gelform

Svenska Medivir har ingått ett licenssamarbete med kanadensiska Biossil för fortsatt utveckling av Remetinostat, ett gelbaserat läkemedel som utvecklats för beh...

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

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.

”Läkemedelstillverkare måste tänka om kring cybersäkerhet”

Läkemedelsföretagen har blivit en allt vanligare måltavla för cyberattacker, inte minst från statsstödda grupper. Därför behöver branschen fokusera om för att m...

Italian pharmaceutical company buys rights to immunotherapy from Sanofi

Italy's Recordati buys the rights to a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease cold agglutinin disease (CAD).

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is looking forward...

Astra Zeneca tecknar AI-samarbete värt miljarder

Astra Zeneca och kinesiska CSPC Pharmaceuticals har inlett ett AI-drivet forskningsavtal värt flera miljarder dollar.

Mathias Uhlén om kemipriset: ”Största nyttan är för förståelsen av människans biologi”

Årets Nobelpris i kemi gick till forskare som lyckats bygga och förutspå proteiners märkliga struktur. ”All medicinsk forskning har intresse för det här”, säger...

Anna Törner: “My quantified life”

“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the mor...

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

Vd-skifte på Hamlet Biopharma

Hamlet Biopharma utser tidigare styrelseordföranden Catharina Svanborg till ny vd. Hon ersätter Martin Erixon som lämnar bolaget med omedelbar verkan.

Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”

”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigå...

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

. There is no forgiveness for something like this, even though it is very human to be distracted for a moment,” Anna Törner writes in a column.

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...

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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.

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.