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...

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

Bioscience – Groundbreaking Research & Diagnostics: Gothenburg (2026)

He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...

Amrop Malmö AB

Lovande data för Eliceras CAR-T-terapi – ”Vi är mycket glada”

Göteborgsbolaget Elicera Therapeutics rapporterar positiva preliminära data från de första patienterna i en pågående klinisk utvärdering av bolagets CAR-T-terap...

Kennedy-rådgivare vill stoppa kombovaccin för barn under fyra

Barnvaccineringen i USA är under omprövning. På torsdagen beslutade CDC:s rådgivande vaccinkommitté (ACIP) att stoppa användningen av ett av landets viktigaste ...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Kennedy attackerar dansk vaccinstudie – ”Propagandanummer från läkemedelsindustrin”

USA:s hälsominister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. uppmanar en medicinsk tidskrift att dra tillbaka publiceringen av en stor vaccinstudie, vars slutsatser han ogillar. M...

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...

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the ...

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...

Eli Lilly to build a USD 2.5-billion plant in Germany

US-based Eli Lilly is planning a huge investment of USD 2.5 billion, equivalent to around SEK 26.5 billion, in a new production facility in Alzey, Germany.

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...

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

Medical device quality assurance

Recordings from ZEISS Quality Innovation Days.

Reveal the Structures and Functions of Life

Super-resolution microscopes from ZEISS.

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

"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...

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...