Rapid developments in AI – “All stakeholders are struggling to understand it”

Artificial intelligence is being discussed more and more, and developments in the field are moving rapidly. As the Swedish Medical Products Agency testifies, ke...

JMP Statistical Discovery

Mercodia AB

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.

The Swedish government is to increase its investment in cancer care

The Swedish government wants to invest more in cancer and paediatric cancer care and proposes to allocate SEK 500 million per year for this purpose in the coming years.

The key to successful collaboration between industry and academia

Why is collaboration between industry and academia necessary in the life sciences sector? What obstacles exist, and what is the key to successful collaboration?

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field

In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Sci...

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

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 ...

AAX Biotech stärker upp med två nya rekryteringar

I ett led i att stärka sitt innovationsarbete rekryterar AAX Biotech Ionut Gabriel Dumitru till rollen som Senior Scientist och Kushal Sejwal till Business Developer.

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...

Astra Zeneca och Rise i statligt samarbete kring grön teknik

Tillsammans med bland andra Astra Zeneca och Rise inleder regeringen ett samarbete kring grön teknik. För ändamålet avsetts totalt 95 miljoner kronor fram till 2030. en.

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

Drug development booms in Medicon Valley

When it comes to developing new medicines, the Öresund region is one of the top performers in the EU. Companies working on commission for pharmaceutical compani...

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Vinnova is going to establish a new innovation cluster

Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, has been commissioned by the government to establish a national innovation cluster for advanced medicines.

Hansa Biopharma byter vd med omedelbar verkan

Efter en ömsesidig överenskommelse lämnar Hansa Biopharmas vd Søren Tulstrup sin roll efter sju år på bolaget. Renée Aguiar-Lucander har utsetts till ny vd med ...

Quotient Sciences Limited

Danska life science-industrin står för rekordhög export

Den danska exporten av life science-produkter har ökat explosionsartat, med en tillväxt på 227 procent sedan 2008 och utgjorde 2023 så mycket som 19 procent av ...

Ånga: Spara energi och minska CO2-utsläppen

Med ett ökat fokus på att minska CO2-utsläppen i energiintensiva produktionsprocesser är företagare och operatörer måna om att minska energiförbrukningen och avfallet.

Lifs Sofia Wallström tar plats i EFPIA:s styrelse

Lifs vd Sofia Wallström har valts in i styrelsen för den europeiska branschorganisationen EFPIA.

Galenica AB

Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...