“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”

Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diag...

MedVasc and Scientific Solutions join forces to streamline FDA 510(k) regulatory process

MedVasc, an exciting MedTech startup company, and Scientific Solutions, a renowned consulting firm within Life Science, are pleased to announce a strategic part...

Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”

It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic hav...

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 Hung...

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”

Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a...

The Crucial Role of Core Imaging Facility Managers

User story from ZEISS and the University of York.

“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”

Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, ...

Prövning av pillervaccin mot covid-19 avbryts i USA

Det amerikanska hälsodepartementet har beordrat stopp för en statligt finansierad fas IIb-studie som skulle utvärdera ett potentiellt pillervaccin mot covid-19.

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The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine

The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast ...

The Swedish innovation model: “There is a paradox”

It is often said that Sweden is strong when it comes to innovation, but how well are we turning that innovation into actual medicines?

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Video about metrology solutions for medical components

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Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Trumps ”lösning” på autismgåtan får forskare att skaka på huvudet

Användandet av paracetamol under graviditeten pekas av USA:s president Donald Trump ut som boven bakom autism, medan ett annat läkemedel med folinsyra – ett sla...

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality

What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.

Improve your secondary battery manufacturing

SMC provides a large portfolio of products specially designed for secondary battery industry.

Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease

According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases ...

How to avoid measurement inaccuracies due to wear

Expert tip from ZEISS.

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...

Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study

In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one...