“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”

Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diag...

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Även Sanofi pausar brittiska investeringar

Sanofi går i flera andra läkemedelsjättars fotspår och fryser alla investeringsbeslut om forskning och utveckling i Storbritannien.

Ännu ett globalt bolag flyttar till Forskaren

Analys- och kontraktsforskningsföretaget Iqvia flyttar in i Forskaren i Hagastaden, som därmed uppges vara fullt uthyrd.

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...

Novo Nordisk köper antikropp – för miljardbelopp

Danska läkemedelsjätten Novo Nordisk har tecknat avtal med det amerikanska bioteknikföretaget Omeros Corporation om att förvärva och vidareutveckla en antikropp...

The FDA’s new transparency policy (Part 3)

As transparency and consistency become increasingly emphasized by the FDA, medical device manufacturers must approach their submissions with both thoroughness a...

Studiedeltagare avled efter behandling med crispr-kandidat

En patient som behandlades med amerikanska Intellia Therapeutics genterapi nex-z har avlidit efter att ha vårdats på sjukhus med kraftigt förhöjda levervärden. ...

New features in ZEISS CALYPSO 2024

ZEISS CALYPSO is your universal software for dimensional metrology applications.

Senzime tar in kapital för fortsatt kommersiell expansion

Medtechbolaget Senzime har beslutat att genomföra en riktad nyemisson. Bolaget planerar att ta in cirka 86 miljoner kronor.

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

Sjukvårdsministern: Så ska staten stärka greppet om vården

Hon blev headhuntad in i politiken som 22-åring – nu är Acko Ankarberg Johansson (KD) ytterst ansvarig för svensk sjukvård. Uppdraget? Förverkliga partiets mål ...

Revealing the secrets of a part

CT inspection in automation technology at Festo.

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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...

Regeringen: Mer kunskap behövs om postcovid

Regeringen vill öka kunskapsläget kring postcovid, särskilt när det kommer till behandling av barn. Socialstyrelsen och SBU får därför nya uppdrag.

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.

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

BMS and venture capital giant form new company

The American pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb, together with the venture capital firm Bain Capital, is forming a new biotech company. The company wil...

Suing the company – for NOT developing a new HIV drug

Was Gilead putting a steady flow of profits from its cash cow ahead of developing a new and safer drug? According to a large number of US HIV patients in a lega...

”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”

Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.

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...

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...