New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

Revealing the secrets of a part

CT inspection in automation technology at Festo.

Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI

How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.

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...

Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed

Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.

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...

Webinar: How to Plan And Analyze a Real-World Evidence Study

This webinar is for drug developers who want to understand the basic ideas of analyzing an RWE study, as well as avoiding the most common pitfalls.

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

The fast route to a safe insulin pen

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around ten million people developing the disease every year. Demand for insulin pens allowing patients to self-medicate i...

Första behandlingen mot vanlig leversjukdom godkänd i USA

Efter många år av utveckling har nu för första gången en behandling mot fettlever med leverskada godkänts av det amerikanska läkemedelsverket FDA.

Life science-strategin – detta vill branschen se

Arbetet med att uppdatera den nationella life science-strategin har påbörjats vid regeringens life science-kontor. Sveriges konkurrenskraft, tillgängliggörandet...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

awareness and knowledge. But the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare says that it is not a priority.

Stort intresse för jubileumsmöte inom life science

Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

A suitable solution developed for UPM Biomedicals In the Festo LifeTech Application Center we tested a setup for UPM Biomedicals for the automatic dispensing of...

Stor kongress om framtidsutsikter igång i Lund

Vad sker i framtiden inom svensk och dansk life science? Det diskuteras i dag vid eventet The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science i Lund.

Branschföreträdare lägger fram förslag till regeringen

Företrädare från branschen uttrycker oro över att Sverige tappar mark inom life science. Nu har de lagt fram ett nytt förslag till regeringen om satsningar för ...

From the sea of Åland to a self-test for lithium

Four years ago, a meeting on the sea of Åland resulted in the development of a self-test for lithium levels in the blood. The hopes are that the test will be av...

Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions

Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech....

Market access – ett landskap i ständig förändring

Hur lyckas man med att ta en ny behandling hela vägen till marknaden och därmed patienten? Och hur påverkas svensk och dansk life science av de ständigt förände...

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week....

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

Sobi planerar EMA-ansökan efter positiva studiedata för njurbehandling

Det svenska särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi rapporterar positiva resultat från en fas III-studie med företagets läkemedelskandidat pegcetacoplan mot två sällsynta nju...

Danska life science-industrin står för rekordhög export

Den danska exporten av life science-produkter har ökat explosionsartat, med en tillväxt på 227 procent sedan 2008 och utgjorde 2023 så mycket som 19 procent av ...

Discover Precision: Join ZEISS at the Control Fair in Stuttgart

May 6-9, 2025 in Stuttgart. Hall 9, Booth 9309.