MSD discontinues two Keytruda trials

MSD has stopped two late-stage trials that tested its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for skin and lung cancer.

Cantargia utser Hilde Steineger till ny vd

Det Lundbaserade forskningsbolaget Cantargia har utsett Hilde Steineger till ny vd.

Immunovia rekryterar från Roche

Cancerdiagnostikföretaget Immunovia har anställt Lara E Sucheston-Campbell som ansvarig för kliniska och medicinska ärenden, eller Head of Medical and Clinical Affairs.

Från apotekare till poddare – Magnus Lejelöv har rösten som verktyg

Magnus Lejelöv har över 20 års erfarenhet från läkemedelssektorn och har intervjuat nära två hundra vårdprofiler i sina poddar. I maj står han på scenen i Lund ...

Fundamental Aspects of Airy Disk Patterns

Knowledge Article from ZEISS.

Irlab når ny milstolpe för behandling mot apati

Forskningsbolaget Irlab Therapeutics får en milstolpsbetalning på 2,5 miljoner dollar, motsvarande cirka 26 miljoner kronor, sedan ett nytt steg tagits i utveck...

Flerie och Toleranzia i fusion – ”Vi gör det andra bara talar om”

Styrelserna för investmentbolaget Flerie och biotechbolaget Toleranzia har enats om en fusionsplan för de två bolagen.

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”

In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 1...

Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”

Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.

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...

Advancing 3D Culture Imaging: Insights from Academia, Biotech, and Pharma

Webinar | March 13, 2024, 12 PM EST.

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

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Redwood Pharma auktionerar ut tillgångar – förväntas vara klart i juli

Forskningsbolaget Redwood Pharma har bjudit in ett flertal oftalmologibolag i USA, Europa och Asien att delta i en auktionsprocess rörande bolagets tillgångar. ...

Abbvie flyttar in i Forskaren

Elekta, Astra Zeneca och ett tiotal andra life science-bolag är redan på plats. Nu flyttar även läkemedelsbolaget Abbvie sitt Sverigekontor till Forskaren i Hagastaden.

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

Elypta awarded one million USD from the Star Trek creator’s foundation

Swedish company Elypta, which develops methods for early cancer detection, has been awarded one million USD from an unexpected source: a foundation set up in me...

Join us at SLAS Barcelona

Festo LifeTech is exhibiting at the SLAS in Barcelona.

From powder to implant

Quality assurance for additively manufactured implants.

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...

How to transport hydrogen - the BionicHydrogenBattery

Have you ever wondered how hydrogen should be transported and stored safely. Well, here is a solution for all who is interested in making a true infrastructure work.

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...