Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”

The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that r...

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Så investerar du i världens största kryptovaluta

Har du också funderat på vad bitcoin är? Kanske har du också funderat på att investera i bitcoin men aldrig kommit till skott?

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Venom from the deathstalker carries radiopharmaceuticals to the brain

In order to target cancerous brain tumours with radionuclides, the problematic blood-brain barrier must first be crossed. Life Science Sweden has visited a KI r...

“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 ...

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

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

Läkemedelsbolag ratar Trump

Flera tunga ledare har lämnat Donald Trumps industriråd i protest mot presidentens svaga agerande i samband med kravallerna i amerikanska Charlottesville. Tydli...

Oasmia tar in 151 miljoner – och byter namn

Styrelsen i cancerforskningsföretaget Oasmia har beslutat om en nyemission på 151 miljoner kronor. Samtidigt föreslås ett namnbyte av företaget till Vivesto.

Ämne från äppelträdets bark gav bättre dialys i djurstudie

Ett paradigmskifte i dialysbehandlingen är under uppsegling, enligt forskaren Carl Öberg, som har upptäckt att ett ämne från äppelträdets bark blockerar cellern...

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...

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

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

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...

Digitala pengar dyrast

Energikostnaden för att utvinna digitala s k kryptovalutor, mining som det kallas – är till och med högre än den för att utvinna fysiska metaller.

Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations

Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive ...

Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”

”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigå...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Lovande resultat för Medivirs gel mot hudcancer

Nya positiva data har rapporterats från en fas II-studie med Remetinostat mot basalcellscancer.

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...

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

Oasmias villkor klara

Två kronor per aktier – så ser villkoren ut för den tidigare aviserade emission på cirka 400 miljoner som läkemedelsutvecklaren Oasmia förbereder. Börskursen fa...