Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed

Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borreb...

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 question...

The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”

When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Världens bästa universitetsstäder

I vissa av världens stora städer ligger toppuniversiteten på rad. Men även Sverige kommer högt när Times higher education listar världens bästa studiestäder.

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometime...

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duti...

Så här bra är svenska universitet

Fyra svenska lärosäten med på topp-100 när bästa life science-universiteten i världen rankas.

Det här har ni läst mest i år

Macchiarini, omdömen om svenska lärosäten, nedläggningar av produktionsanläggningar och profiler som får fina priser – allt detta har lockat er till läsning i å...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

”Varje cell har ett kön”

Fler kvinnor i läkemedelsstudier räcker inte. Även försöksdjur bör vara av båda könen, liksom cellerna som studeras. Varje cell har ett kön.

Framtidens digitala sjukvård

Elektronisk hälsoinformatik är avgörande för utvecklingen av hälso- och sjukvård. Att investera i teknik som uppnår kostnadsbesparingar genom förbättrad patient...

Här är världens bästa universitet

Stor dipp för KI men uppåt för flera andra svenska lärosäten när internationell ranking över världens lärosäten offentliggörs. Och i toppen har det stuvats om.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Hey Kurt Berndt...

... who is starting up a research center for youths in Saltsjöbaden.

Lund honours milieu enthusiast

Four professors at the University of Lund has appointed the milieu chief of the university as honorary doctor.

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Nätsatsning på friska hjärtan

Nu lanseras en av de största hjärthälsosatsningarna någonsin i Sverige, och den finns på internet. Målet är att nå en halv miljon patienter redan i år.