Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”

”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain mar...

Study: Popular diabetes drug may be effective against liver disease

After its success in diabetes and weight loss, a new potential therapeutic area has been identified for Ozempic and other GLP1 analogues. A new study links the ...

Studie motbevisar Kennedys påstående om sparkad vaccinkommitté

Den vaccinkommitté som avskedades av Robert F. Kennedy Jr. i början av juni hade lägst nivå av ekonomiska intressekonflikter sedan 2000, visar studie. Tvärtemot...

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...

High-performance Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization

ZEISS Axioscan 7 combines high speed digitization and outstanding image quality.

Nytt blodtest ger hopp om diagnosmetod för ME

Ett nytt blodtest visar lovande resultat för att kunna upptäcka ME/CFS, enligt en brittisk studie. Resultaten väcker hopp om en framtida biomarkör, men metoden ...

Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality

What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.

AI speeds up measurement process

How to inspect coatings ten times faster with a light microscope? The medical technology group Smith+Nephew has been using ZEISS Axio Imager.Z2m since summer 2022.

Astra Zeneca hoppas på blodtryckskandidat som ny guldgruva

Före årets slut planerar Astra Zeneca att ansöka om regulatoriskt godkännande för sin experimentella blodtrycksbehandling. Förhoppningen är att den på sikt ska ...

Microscope and measuring machine in one

ZEISS O-INSPECT duo covers two essential applications in quality assurance.

Beta-blockers are often given unnecessarily, a study finds – “This will affect future practice”

Patients who have suffered a minor heart attack do not benefit from beta-blockers, according to a major new study that may change guidelines for cardiac care.

”Information security must become part of the Swedish life science strategy”

Sweden needs knowledge security to stand strong in the global competition, writes Björn Ursing in an opinion article.

Behöver du vätskekylning under noll grader?

SMC erbjuder cirkulationskylare för en rad olika appikationer och temperaturer, minusgrader inkluderat. Kontakta oss så hittar vi rätt lösning för dig!

Ossiform: Quality control of 3D printed bone implants

Ossiform chose the GOM Scan 1.

Uncertainty about the government’s life science work

The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now questions are being raised...

Vd-byte i Frost Pharma

Frost Pharma har utsett Magnus Nylén till ny vd.

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...

Major investment in women’s health – for a more equal healthcare system

”The regional differences need to decrease and the long-term supply of midwives and other professions needs to be secured,” write Acko Ankarberg Johansson and D...

Han är ny vd för Atrogi – ska ta obesitaskandidat till nästa fas

Det svenska bioteknikbolaget Atrogi, som utvecklar en oral kandidat mot obesitas, har utsett Paul Little till ny vd med omedelbar verkan.

Karolinska institutet faller ur topp 50-lista

Karolinska institutet tappar mark i årets ranking av världens bästa universitet.

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

HAB Nicolai Johannsen

Trumps ”lösning” på autismgåtan får forskare att skaka på huvudet

Användandet av paracetamol under graviditeten pekas av USA:s president Donald Trump ut som boven bakom autism, medan ett annat läkemedel med folinsyra – ett sla...

The International Vaccine Institute’s office in Sweden is expanding

The International Vaccine Institute’s Stockholm office has been open for over a year. During the past year, training programmes and projects have been launched,...