A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will adv...

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 ...

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...

Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic

A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assess...

The best wealth is Health

We are living in a world where wealth more and more is measured in being able to do the things you like and enjoy in life. As the wealth increases in terms of e...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimen...

Årets mest lästa krönikor och opinionsartiklar

Branschspaningar och reflektioner är och har alltid varit en viktig del av Life Science Swedens redaktionella innehåll. När 2021 nu snart är till ända har vi sa...

Event: Drug Development – Serendipity or Science

Drug development is a challenging journey, we will discuss questions you may not even consider asking. SDS and Medicon Village welcome you to an engaging afternoon.

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.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark...

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

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...

Lyft för life science – “Investeringsviljan tillbaka efter nej, nej, nej”

Lågkonjunktur med bantade plånböcker har även stramat åt marknaden för bolag inom life science. Men det finns ljusglimtar – och kanske även tecken på att det hå...

Gen från neandertalare kan påverka rätt läkemedelsdosering

En femtedel av alla européer bär på genvarianter nedärvda från neandertalarna som gör att vissa läkemedel bryts ned långsammare. Det kan ha betydelse för vilka ...

”Vi vill inte ha rättvisa”

Det handlar inte om rättvisa, målet är inte 50 procent kvinnor i styrelser och bolagsledningar för att det ska vara rättvist, utan för att vi har så mycket att ...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market