Astra Zeneca pauses multi-million investment in the UK

Astra Zeneca has paused a planned investment worth $270 million. It is the latest pharmaceutical company to pull back on its commitments in the UK.

Genmab to Acquire Dutch biotech for USD 8 Billion

Danish pharmaceutical company Genmab has agreed to acquire Dutch firm Merus, a developer of cancer therapies, for USD 8 billion, equivalent to nearly SEK 75 billion.

FDA’s new CSA guidance: transforming software validation for production and quality systems

FDA’s final guidance on Computer Software Assurance (CSA) for Production and Quality System Software marks a significant modernization of software validation practices.

The FDA’s new transparency policy (Part 3)

As transparency and consistency become increasingly emphasized by the FDA, medical device manufacturers must approach their submissions with both thoroughness a...

New ATMP center inaugurated: “In the future, we will see cell and gene therapies in all clinics”

Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital’s new ATMP center was inaugurated in Flemingsberg, south of Stockholm. “The ATMP Center is not just a p...

Heart Monitoring in Breast Cancer – Essential or Excessive?

Trastuzumab and related drugs have transformed breast cancer treatment and dramatically improved survival rates. But the close cardiac monitoring required durin...

Advanced workflow automation and scalable image analysis in spatial biology

ZEISS and Concept Life Sciences announce partnership.

Speed meets precision for high-density components

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Will the FDA’s new transparency policy extend to medical devices? (Part 1)

In a significant policy shift, the FDA has begun publishing Complete Response Letters (CRLs) for drug and biologic applications that were initially rejected but...

Eli Lilly Recruits Leading Swedish Researcher Kaj Blennow to Head Alzheimer’s Project

Eli Lilly recruits Kaj Blennow, leading Alzheimer’s researcher, as VP of neuroscience biomarker development.

Roche joins Medicon Village

Roche and Medicon Village Innovation have signed an agreement for deeper collaboration. “The fact that Roche is now becoming part of this environment further st...

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Billion-Dollar Deal Sends BioArctic Soaring

Swedish Alzheimer-focused company BioArctic has entered into a licensing collaboration with Novartis regarding a technology aimed at enhancing efficient drug de...

Lund University’s record-breaking recruitment – attracting researchers from around the world

The Swedish university is launching its largest international recruitment effort ever, aiming to hire 25 researchers globally, including several in the medical field.

Tiden på väg att löpa ut för Pfizer i budstrid

Pfizers misslyckas med att juridiskt försöka stoppa Novo Nordisks uppköp av bioteknikbolaget Metsera. Den amerikanska läkemedelsjätten har nu två dagar på sig a...

Trump in new push to lower drug prices

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he plans to sign an executive order to lower the cost of prescription drugs to the same levels paid in othe...

Wegovy approved in the U.S. for treatment of liver disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Novo Nordisk’s drug Wegovy to treat the serious liver condition known as MASH. ...

Allogene discontinues investigational antibody following patient death

U.S. biotechnology company Allogene Therapeutics is fully discontinuing the use of its experimental antibody ALLO-647 following the death of a patient in its pi...

Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”

Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."

Vaccine skeptic David Geier to lead study on link to autism

The American government is to launch a study on whether vaccines cause autism – and has appointed a well-known vaccine skeptic to lead the analysis.

Novo Nordisk appoints Mike Doustdar as new CEO

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has appointed Mike Doustdar as its new CEO. At the same time, the company announced it was lowering its forecasts –...

The top five most expensive drugs in 2025

New advanced therapeutic medicines are reaching the market, but their price tags remain exceptionally high. This year’s ranking of the most expensive drugs in t...

First preterm infants study – a vital step for Neola

After years of developing an advanced lung monitoring system, Neola Medical has received some delightful news: permission to start its first clinical study on p...

ZEISS supports the transition of spatial biology to clinical research

Slide scanner ZEISS Axioscan 7 spatial biology provides scalable workflow automation.