Merck Life Science A/S

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Lista: Här är biotechbolagen som startade i Sverige förra året

Tuffa ekonomiska tider och försiktiga investerare drabbar små biotechbolag. Trots detta finns det företagare som vågar satsa och starta nytt. Life Science Swede...

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...

Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Will the Swedish life science strategy be updated with precision?”

What will the Swedish government focus on in the life science strategy that is being updated? And what should be prioritized in the strategy? Life Science Swede...

Product demo with features, software and best-practices

Get interesting insights about ZEISS O-INSPECT duo in our demo recording.

Meribel Pharma Solna

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...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study

”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess ...

”Information security must become part of the Swedish life science strategy”

Sweden needs knowledge security to stand strong in the global competition, writes Björn Ursing in an opinion article.

Faster development of reliable sample handling

Festo USA has collaborated with PerkinElmer to develop a compact sample handling solution for a global leader in manufacturing medical devices. Thanks to the cu...

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

En slang med många möjligheter

Med hygieniska slangar från Xtraflex har vi slangar som passar väl för applikationer inom dryck-, livsmedel-, läkemedel-, och kosmetikaindustrin.

Isländskt bolag tar över delar av Xbrane – planerar ”stark närvaro” i svensk life science

Xbrane säljer sin FoU-verksamhet med 40 anställda, och ett av sina biosimilarprojekt, till isländska Alvotech. Prislappen landar på 275 miljoner kronor – och Xb...

Novartis förvärvar strokebolag i mångmiljardaffär

Den schweiziska läkemedelsjätten Novartis förvärvar Anthos Therapeutics för upp till 3,1 miljarder dollar, motsvarande närmare 34 miljarder kronor.

“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”

Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, ...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”

The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment l...

Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ventilator

The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of those working from home. Yet within the space of just four weeks...

Bioarctic fälls för vd-uttalanden till journalist – efter anmälan från konkurrent

I ett vägledande utslag fälls alzheimerbolaget Bioarctic för uttalanden som bolagets vd gjorde till en ekonomijournalist i somras.

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

QPS Netherlands B.V

”Vill ni ha en häst eller vill ni flytta till villa?”

Anna Törner skriver om en annorlunda uppväxt, och om hur oortodoxa val kan ge oanade möjligheter.

Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”

”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain mar...