SGS Fimko beviljas status som anmält organ enligt IVD-förordningen

Helsingfors, 21.10.2025 / SGS Fimko Oy har nått en betydande milstolpe i och med att den Europeiska kommissionen officiellt har utsett företaget till ett anmält...

USA-minister till läkemedelsbolag: Enorma tullar om fabriker inte byggs här

Tullarna på läkemedel i USA kan bli betydligt högre än 15 procent. Läkemedelsbolag som inte bygger fabriker i USA kommer att beläggas med ”enorma tullar”, hotar...

Swedish team tests Alzheimer antibody for brain imaging

Recent breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s treatment have increased the need for precise diagnostics in the field. Researchers in Uppsala are working to develop improv...

Eli Lilly värvar tidigare FDA-toppen Peter Marks

Tidigare vaccinchefen vid FDA, Peter Marks, värvas av läkemedelsbolaget Eli Lilly. En rekrytering som kritiserats hårt av hans efterträdare.

Norway rejects national life science strategy – sees no need

The Norwegian Arbeiderpartiet rejects a proposal that Norway should develop its own life science strategy.

Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?

Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it

We desire talent to come here, but are we genuinely welcoming them?

Sweden faces significant challenges in creating a truly inclusive environment that makes international professionals feel welcome, valued, and able to build mea...

Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU

Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hungarian prime minister...

The Top 10 Challenges Facing Laboratories Today

Navigating the Laboratory Automation Landscape

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...

Novartis storsatsar på RNA-terapier – köper miljardbolag

Novartis förvärvar amerikanska Avidity Biosciences för 12 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 113 miljarder kronor. Köpet stärker bolagets position inom sällsynta mus...

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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...

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.

Could an overly burdensome QMS be the organization’s own doing?

Although the above statement is intentionally somewhat provocative, it does hold a degree of truth. Organizations that are generally negative toward regulations...

The new Swedish life science strategy – “It will consolidate Sweden as a leader”

Clinical trials and precision health are emphasised as key areas in the new national life science strategy.

Danish biotech to buy struggling American oncology company

Danish drugmaker Pharmacosmos has agreed to acquire American pharmaceutical company G1 Therapeutics in a deal that amounts to 405 million dollars.

Johan Pehrson aviserar sin avgång som partiledare och minister

Regeringens utbildningsminister Johan Pehrson (L), med ansvar för forskningsfrågor, lämnar rollen som partiledare för Liberalerna. Han kommer att fortsätta som minister till dess att en ny partiledare utsetts....

FDA approves Gilead’s HIV injection: “Historic day”

Gilead Sciences’ preventive HIV drug, lenacapavir, was approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sparking new hope for finally break...

After the threat of tariffs – Novartis invests 230 billion in the USA

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis plans to invest 23 billion dollarsover the next five years to expand its production in the USA. The goal is for all medicines dest...

Ny svängning – Trump hotar med 100-procentiga tullar på läkemedel

USA kommer att införa 100-procentiga tullar på importerade läkemedel, såvida inte bolagen bygger fabriker på amerikansk mark, uppger president Donald Trump.

Kennedy-rådgivare vill stoppa kombovaccin för barn under fyra

Barnvaccineringen i USA är under omprövning. På torsdagen beslutade CDC:s rådgivande vaccinkommitté (ACIP) att stoppa användningen av ett av landets viktigaste ...

Öresundsinstitutets vd: Novo Nordisk i aktiekris snarare än företagskris

Nedskärningarna på Novo Nordisk väcker frågor i hela den nordiska life science-sektorn. Men enligt Johan Wessman, vd för det dansk-svenska kunskapscentret Öresu...

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.