"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

Google och Abbvie i miljardsamarbete

Googles spinoff-bolag Calico ingår ett samarbete med läkemedelsjätten Abbvie.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Näthandeln är en stor utmaning för småföretagarna

Att sätta upp en webbshop är enkelt idag. Men att ranka högt på Google är betydligt svårare.

Coordination of world-class research facilities

Four unique world-class research facilities are located just a few hours apart. Properly utilised, a Nordic centre for world-leading life science innovation and...

Analysverktyg för sociala nätverk hittar nya celltyper

Ny metod analyserar genuttrycket i vävnader utan tidigare kunskap om celltyper.

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

Hälsokommissionär Dalli avgår efter mutanklagelser

EU:s hälsokommissionär John Dalli misstänks vara inblandad i en mutaffär kopplad till EU-förbudet mot snus.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life sci...

Nya life science-navet – "Väldigt positivt för regionen"

Beskedet i förra veckan om att en vaccin- och läkemedelsfabrik utanför Sundsvall ska bli Sveriges nya innovationshubb för avancerade läkemedel fick förmodligen ...

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma ...

Automated opening and closing of sample vials

From technical requirements to a suitable solution

A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage...

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of De...

Product Specialist at Gradientech AB, Uppsala

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

Google satsar på life science

Med en miljard dollar i potten söker It-jättens riskkapitalfond innovativa biotech-lösningar att investera i.

Google Health läggs ned

Hälsosatsning med elektroniskt journalsystem vann inte folkets hjärta. Nu stänger Google ner den tre år gamla sajten.

Petter Hartman: "Gör skillnad i vården!”

Skillnader i vården betyder inte nödvändigtvis att den är ojämlik, skriver Petter Hartman i en krönika.