Suing the company – for NOT developing a new HIV drug

Was Gilead putting a steady flow of profits from its cash cow ahead of developing a new and safer drug? According to a large number of US HIV patients in a lega...

Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas

Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in wh...

Studiedeltagare avled efter behandling med crispr-kandidat

En patient som behandlades med amerikanska Intellia Therapeutics genterapi nex-z har avlidit efter att ha vårdats på sjukhus med kraftigt förhöjda levervärden. ...

Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work

A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...

Ranking: Top 10 highest-paid CEOs in pharma

It's nice to hear that things go well for others, right? Some of those who have done really well – at least financially – are listed here in the ranking of the ...

Pfizer stämmer Novo Nordisk i miljardstrid om biotechbolag

Budstriden om Metsera trappas upp när Pfizer stämmer både det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget och Novo Nordisk. Kärnfrågan är om Novos bud på 8,5 miljarder dollar ...

Senzime tar in kapital för fortsatt kommersiell expansion

Medtechbolaget Senzime har beslutat att genomföra en riktad nyemisson. Bolaget planerar att ta in cirka 86 miljoner kronor.

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in new quality control lab

Novo Nordisk has announced plans to invest 2.9 billion Danish kroner in order to establish a new quality control laboratory in Hillerød in northern Zealand, Denmark.

Marie Gårdmark: ”The situation is not satisfactory”

”The legislative tool-box is limited, but carrots in the form of longer exclusivity has already proven successful, this has for example increased registration of new products in rare diseases. But will it also work to increase access for all EU patients...

Studie: Hjärtbox gav färre komplikationer än kylväska vid transplantation

En svenskutvecklad metod för att förvara donerade hjärtan inför transplantation minskar risken för patienten att drabbas av tidig hjärtsvikt, enligt en ny studi...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...

A mass flow controller that is silent, fast and cost-effective

Portable ventilator breathing devices, bioreactors or the dosing of inert gases all rely on the highest control dynamics. That is exactly what the proportional ...

A modular system for precise and automated cell dispensing

How the benefits of laboratory automation can be combined with gentle cell handling.

Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers

A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.

Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?

Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

Astra Zenecas nya viktminskningsbolag ska bevara muskelmassa

Astra Zeneca har fullföljt en option att köpa det schweiziska start up-bolaget Sixpeaks Bio, som utvecklar fetmabehandlingar.

Raise-In AB

Microscope and measuring machine in one

ZEISS O-INSPECT duo covers two essential applications in quality assurance.

The art of building a biologic drug

The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “W...

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

Framgång för Hansa i amerikansk fas III-studie – ”Vi är begeistrade”

Lundbaserade Hansa Biopharmas transplantationsläkemedel imlifidase klarade det primära effektmåttet i en registreringsgrundande fas III-studie i USA.

Vicore tar in 782 miljoner för sin lungfibroskandidat

Vicore Pharma har beslutat att ta in upp till 782 miljoner kronor i en företrädesemission för att finansiera fortsatt utveckling av bolagets behandling för idio...

From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”

A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic ...

The International Vaccine Institute’s office in Sweden is expanding

The International Vaccine Institute’s Stockholm office has been open for over a year. During the past year, training programmes and projects have been launched,...