Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

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Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

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.

MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures

MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.

Cantargias vd slutar på dagen – han tar över

Cantargias vd Göran Forsberg avgår med omedelbar verkan. Styrelseledamoten Damian Marron går in som tillförordnad vd.

J & J och Bayer säger upp personal

Närmare 300 jobb inom läkemedelsindustrin i New Jersey försvinner när Johnson & Johnson och Bayer skär ner.

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

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...

Kris för hajpat genredigeringsbolag – ”Stämningen har skiftat”

Upp som en sol, ner som en pannkaka. Så kan utvecklingen för det upphaussade amerikanska genredigeringsbolaget Tome Biosciences beskrivas.

Ny chefredaktör på Läkartidningen

Åsa Uhlin har utsetts till ny chefredaktör på Läkartidningen efter avgående Pär Sandell.

Setback for pharmaceutical companies in the Zantac case

A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of allowing expert witnesses to testify in a case involving the now-cancelled drug Zantac and its potential carcinogenicity.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay

Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the ...

Källor: CDC planerar studie av vacciner och autism

Samtidigt som USA har sitt största mässlingsutbrott på decennier planerar landets smittskyddsmyndighet en studie om koppling mellan autism och vaccin, enligt kä...

Developing rapid diagnostics for sepsis – “Every hour counts”

Finding the right antibiotic in the right dose – with an ultra-fast analysis method. Gradientech's product solution is currently used in routine diagnostics at ...

ZEISS Metrology Shop provides planning security

ZEISS Metrology Shop brings it all together.

Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”

Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a...

Bredd och spets på välbesökt life science-event

Hela kedjan inom läkemedelsframställning – från den tidiga forskningen till fyllning av vialer – var representerad när konferensen New Horizons in Biologics & B...

Ovanlig genetisk sjukdom behandlad i livmodern för första gången

Ett barn har för första gången behandlats mot spinal muskelatrofi redan i magen på sin mamma. Barnet, som nu är två och ett halvt år gammalt, visar inga symptom...

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

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.

Peptonic drar sig ur Israel – "Ökade svårigheter"

Peptonic Medical har beslutat att avveckla sitt israeliska dotterbolag på grund av ”lönsamhetsutmaningar” och ”ökade svårigheter att bedriva verksamhet” i landet.