Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...

EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T

CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be ...

New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in

Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employme...

Bygger ett ekosystem för ATMP – med mål att bli världsledande

Sverige ska bli världsledande inom avancerade terapiläkemedel till 2030. Det är målet för ett projekt som startade för fyra år sedan. ”Visionen är djärv och det...

Explore the latest trends and innovations in quality assurance and manufacturing

ZEISS QUALITY INNOVATION SUMMIT in Berlin, October 22-24, 2024.

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Digitalisera försäljningen och spring om konkurrenterna

Nytt acceleratorprogram till värde av 450.000 kr kommer att hjälpa utvalda bolag med den digitala omvandlingen genom Salesforces. Craftware Sweden, som är en de...

A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”

A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can m...

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...

The fast route to a safe insulin pen

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around ten million people developing the disease every year. Demand for insulin pens allowing patients to self-medicate i...

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

No longer afraid of the dentist.

Teaching robot with piezo technology

Tirzepatide approved for obesity by the FDA – to be branded as Zepbound

Diabetes drug tirzepatide has now also been approved in the US for treating obesity.

To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI

Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.

The Swedish Academy of Sciences: “We have too many researchers”

Sweden does not need more researchers, but it does need better ones. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding should be distributed to favour excellence.

Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world

Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work agains...

Acquisition of consulting company Key2Compliance

The Swedish company Key2Compliance, offering services in fields such as pharma and Medtech, has been acquired by German GBA Group.

Ozempic may benefit hip replacement surgery

The high-profile drug for type 2 diabetes and weight loss may be beneficial in other areas. One such area is for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery, a ...

Principerna som är vägledande vid djurförsök

Ett begrepp som består av tre R är vägledande för det statliga forskningsinstitutet Rise i Södertälje. Att försöksdjuren här har det bra är inte bara viktigt fö...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Nässprej för behandling av anafylaxi godkänd i USA

Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten, FDA, har gett tummen upp till en ny typ av nässprej. Nässprejen är ett injektionsfritt alternativ för behandling av akuta...

Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry

Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Dir...