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.

High-performance Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization

ZEISS Axioscan 7 combines high speed digitization and outstanding image quality.

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ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit video

An event full of experiences, talks, innovations, speeches, and state-of-the-art technology.

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

Doge backar om nedläggning av viktigt FDA-labb

Trumpadministrationen drar efter kritik tillbaka beslutet att stänga ett av FDA:s viktigaste laboratorier för läkemedelskontroll.

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...

Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug

Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the bi...

Eli Lilly förvärvar Siteone – får tillgång till smärtkandidat

Eli Lilly planerar att förvärva biopharmabolaget Siteone Therapeutics, vilket bedöms stärka den amerikanska läkemedelsjättens satsningen på att utveckla icke-op...

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...

Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities

What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Kar...

60% energibesparing med Wilden Pro-Flo Shift

Systemet är till och med 25–30% effektivare än de senaste och mest effektiva luftbesparingssystemen som finns på marknaden idag!

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Stockholm (2026)

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 they managed to develop a suitable solution for an emergency ventilator for a COVID-19...

Diamyd får snabbspår i USA – ”Oerhört glada”

Svenska Diamyd Medical har beviljats ”Fast Track Designation” – ett snabbspår – av amerikanska FDA för sin immunoterapi under utveckling för patienter med typ 1-diabetes.

Event: Drug Development – Serendipity or Science

Drug development is a challenging journey, we will discuss questions you may not even consider asking. SDS and Medicon Village welcome you to an engaging afternoon.

Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...

An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”

Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Över...

Johan Pehrson takes over the responsibility for research policy in Sweden

The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson takes over the assignment as Minister for Education. This was announced by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) on Tuesday last week.

Medhouse får ny Norden-vd

Konsultbolaget Medhouse har utsett Krister Sandström till ny nordisk vd.

AstraZeneca to use American AI platform for cancer trials

In a collaboration AstraZeneca will use an AI model from Israeli-American biotech Immunai to streamline its clinical trials in cancer.

Kennedy stoppar bidrag till vaccinalliansen Gavi

USA kommer inte längre ge ekonomiskt stöd till Gavi förrän den globala vaccinalliansen ”återvunnit allmänhetens förtroende”. Det meddelar USA:s hälsominister Ro...

This years Nobel prize in medicine – “Changed the understanding of how genes are controlled”

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to the discovery that small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs, control how genes are regulated. Understan...