ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

”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.

Fundamental Aspects of Airy Disk Patterns

Knowledge Article from ZEISS.

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which...

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

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She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI

Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Anocca raises SEK 440 million ahead of clinical cancer trial

Swedish cell therapy biotech Anocca has successfully raised SEK 440 million in a new funding round to support upcoming clinical trials in pancreatic cancer.

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

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...

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

Anpassningsbara vridspjällsventiler från OMAL – lösningen för tuffa miljöer

anpassad efter just dina processer.

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

Life Science Sweden heads to the Oresund region! ‒ Hello there Michael Linnell

Life Science Sweden’s The Future of Swedish Danish Life Science and New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meetings are coming up soon. We asked Mich...

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and...

Anna Törner: ”Varför inte slå till på en ADHD-diagnos till kampanjpris?”

”Det är självklart positivt att neuropsykiatriska diagnoser inte upplevs som stigmatiserande, men just när det gäller ADHD kan jag inte låta bli att undra om de...

Bayer förlorar flerårig strid mot generikabolag – patent ogiltigförklaras i Sverige

En långdragen patenttvist mellan Bayer och Mylan är avgjord. Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen fastställer beslutet som ogiltigförklarar Bayers patent för ett c...

Trygg tryckmätning i hygieniska processer – OEM Automatic erbjuder lösningen från WIKA

för just dessa miljöer – modell DMSU21SA med dubbelmembransystem.

Försäljning av falska läkemedel allt vanligare: ”Djupt oroade”

Från att tidigare ha verkat i det dolda har kriminella nätverk nu flyttat handeln med förfalskade läkemedel ut i det öppna på nätet. Läkemedelsverket varnar för...

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

FDA approves first non-opioid pain reliever in over 20 years

For the first time in decades, a new type of acute pain medication that is not an opioid has been approved in the USA.