The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...

Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men

The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while n...

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”

Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessibl...

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.

MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures

MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Copenhagen (2026)

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”

”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.

Ready-to-install solutions for the lab-on-a-chip

Design for manufacturing lab-on-a-chip devices Reducing time-to-market together

Your solution for right part positioning

ZEISS OmniFix CT - right part positioning solution to get meaningful measuring results for all part sizes.

Artrosbehandling som hjälpt hästar kan testas på människor

Artros eller osteoartrit som det även heter drabbar både människor och djur. Forskare vid Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet har utvecklat en behandling som tycks ku...

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.

Cost-efficient development of laboratory devices

8 ways to optimise development costs and speed up processes

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

740 miljoner till cancerforskning – så fördelas anslagen

Målsökande proteiner och ”magiska” svampar är några forskningsområden som får anslag när Cancerfonden gör årets största satsning och beviljar 740 miljoner till ...

Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark

Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

Ny nässprej ska hjälpa mot social ångest

Rädsla och ångest inför att tala för en publik är något av det amerikanska läkemedelsföretaget Vistagen vill råda bot på med sin läkemedelskandidat i nässprejsf...

Tidig tilläggsbehandling kan rädda liv på hjärtpatienter enligt studie

Tidig behandling med blodfettsänkande läkemedel ger en bättre prognos för patienter med hjärtinfarkt jämfört med en sent insatt behandling eller ingen behandlin...

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

The Swedish Life Science Office: “We lost in both coordination and manpower”

Since the turn of the year, the Swedish government’s life science office has operated at a lower capacity. Life Science Sweden has spoken to Pontus Holm, Depart...