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“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

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...

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...

Happy International Women's Day!

This March, we're dedicating Fridays to spotlight women in STEM. The first article is about Helena, a Sales Engineer in Sweden. Read why she likes to work with ...

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Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

Astra Zeneca-medarbetare gripna i Kina

Fem nuvarande eller tidigare anställda hos Astra Zeneca har gripits av kinesisk polis, misstänkta för smuggling och överträdelse av Kinas dataskyddslagar

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

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...

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.

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

“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...

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The Swedish Research Council gets go-ahead for more long-term funding

Following a government decision, the Swedish Research Council will soon be able to approve ten-year grant periods for funding research infrastructure, which may...

Del 5 i Advance serien: Projektsupport & Driftsättning

Spirax Sarco säkerställer att alla system och komponenter levereras i full överensstämmelse med kundens operativa krav, från teknisk design och installation til...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that i...

Rising interest in CRISPR treatments

Treatments using CRISPR technology are emerging as one of the hottest medical trends in the United States – and the FDA is doing its best to promote the development.

Tirzepatide approved for obesity by the FDA – to be branded as Zepbound

Diabetes drug tirzepatide has now also been approved in the US for treating obesity.

Pfizer värvar FDA-topp – kritiseras hårt

Läkemedelsjätten Pfizers rekrytering av Patrizia Cavazzoni, tills helt nyligen toppchef vid FDA, som ny medicinsk chef får frän kritik från flera håll.

We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter

Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.

Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease

According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases ...