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...

Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“

You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good condit...

Snabbtest ska hitta rätt behandling mot giftormens bett

Var sjätte sekund råkar någon på vår jord ut för ett ormbett, och varje gång startar en jakt mot klockan. Vad var det för orm som bet, och vilket motgift kan hj...

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The leading digital event from April 15-19, 2024.

ZEISS O-INSPECT duo: The multifunctional measuring machine

ZEISS O-INSPECT duo combines advanced microscopy and metrology for impressive measurement accuracy.

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 – ...

The dock that “thinks” for itself

The world of bulk material handling seems straightforward at first glance: moving, filling, delivering. However, the art of dealing with a variety of different ...

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 customer's involvement in the development process at an early stage, the subsystem is easy...

Kanada förlorar status som mässlingsfritt efter ökad vaccinskepcis

Kanada har förlorat sin status som mässlingsfritt efter nästan tre decennier. USA riskerar att gå samma väg.

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...

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

DBB ventiler: Snabbare installationer och färre skarvar

Spirax Sarco Safebloc är en lösning med en unik platsbesparande design som innebär snabbare installation och färre skarvar. Spirax

ZEISS supports the transition of spatial biology to clinical research

Slide scanner ZEISS Axioscan 7 spatial biology provides scalable workflow automation.

An easy way to handle microtiter plate stacks

Do you want to automate handling of microtiter plates.? Have a look at a very simple solution on how to handle them.

“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...

The art of building a biologic drug

The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “W...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...

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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?

Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

FHM ska leda expertlabb för ebola och okända virussjukdomar

Folkhälsomyndigheten har fått ansvar för att driva det europeiska referenslaboratoriet för smittsamma sjukdomar som ebola, marburg och rabies. Uppdraget omfatta...

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is ...

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

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...