Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

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.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Lösning hittad för Orexos patenttvist

En långdragen patenttvist mellan Uppsalabolaget Orexo och indiska Sun Pharmaceutical Industries är nu löst genom förlikning.

Källor: CDC planerar studie av vacciner och autism

Samtidigt som USA har sitt största mässlingsutbrott på decennier planerar landets smittskyddsmyndighet en studie om koppling mellan autism och vaccin, enligt kä...

Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy

A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

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...

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

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 advance new medical technology and ...

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

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...

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.

Ovanlig genetisk sjukdom behandlad i livmodern för första gången

Ett barn har för första gången behandlats mot spinal muskelatrofi redan i magen på sin mamma. Barnet, som nu är två och ett halvt år gammalt, visar inga symptom...

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

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Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit video

An event full of experiences, talks, innovations, speeches, and state-of-the-art technology.

SupraCube - In life Science

Superconductors must be permanently kept below their transition temperature for levitation. Because of the integrated cooler, applications with superconductors ...

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

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...

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.