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.

Integrated solutions for liquid handling

Greater efficiency for manufacturers in laboratory automation and many other industries

Rostfria kopplingar från Schwer Fittings

OEM Automatic erbjuder produkter från Schwer Fittings – en av Europas främsta specialister inom rostfria kopplingar. Med ett omfattande sortiment av hydrauliska...

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

Tidig operation gav bättre överlevnad i prostatacancer

Operation direkt av prostatacancer gav längre livslängd för patienterna än ett mer avvaktande tillvägagångssätt i en 30 år lång skandinavisk studie ledd från Up...

“Life science is important on a personal level”

From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of ...

Studie stärker kopplingen mellan graviditetsdiabetes och autism

Barn till mödrar med graviditetsdiabetes löper en större risk att diagnostiseras med neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar, jämfört med barn vars mödrar inte...

Pilots want to live too

MSD discontinues two Keytruda trials

MSD has stopped two late-stage trials that tested its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for skin and lung cancer.

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

Metabolon

Enabling 3D Multiplexing Spatial Omics Workflows in Neuroscience

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.

Pfizer och Biontech slår tillbaka mot Moderna – “Vi ska försvara oss kraftfullt”

Nu slår Pfizer och Biontech tillbaka mot Moderna efter stämningarna för patentintrång. Samtidigt hävdar två tidigare universitetsforskare att de har rättigheter...

Prövning av pillervaccin mot covid-19 avbryts i USA

Det amerikanska hälsodepartementet har beordrat stopp för en statligt finansierad fas IIb-studie som skulle utvärdera ett potentiellt pillervaccin mot covid-19.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine

The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast ...

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

Gripdon och vakuumteknik från Gimatic – för effektiv automation

OEM Automatic erbjuder produkter från den italienska tillverkaren Gimatic, en global leverantör av automationslösningar som specialiserar sig på grip- och rörel...

Umeåbolag växer och nyanställer

Umeåföretaget Uman Diagnostics utökar personalstyrkan och anställer Maria Hörnberg som Assay Development Scientist och Ronja Lindgren som Laboratory Engineer.

”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.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...