Takeover bid is being completed – Japanese company acquires Calliditas

Japanese company Asahi Kasei completes the bid for Calliditas Therapeutics after reaching over 90 percent of the shareholding. Callidita's board has now decided...

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Lonza

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

SGS Fimko Ltd.

Sobi-läkemedel mot blödarsjuka godkänns i EU

Sobis läkemedel Altuvoct har beviljats marknadsgodkännande i EU som behandling av hemofili A.

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

Wusson Accelerator AB

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

High biological age is linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke

It is a well-known fact that people age at different rates, and a recent study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that people with a biological age higher tha...

A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.

Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”

The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from AB...

Superconductor technology: Contactless working in the laboratory of the future

Automated filling and weighing of freeze-dry containers in the cleanroom with SupraMotion from Festo

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 ...

About Microscope Ergonomics

Learn about ergonomic microscope design and how you can increase your well-being and productivity when working in clinical microscopy. Read about challenges, de...

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

Lösningar för precisionsreglering av gas och luft

OEM Automatic tillhandahåller ett omfattande sortiment av tryckregulatorer för precisionsreglering genom samarbeten med välrenommerade tillverkare som Tescom oc...

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Vinnova is going to establish a new innovation cluster

Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, has been commissioned by the government to establish a national innovation cluster for advanced medicines.

Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO

Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.

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...