“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter o...

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

Galderma

Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn d...

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

Aurevia

Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers

A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvan...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Jätteanslag till medicinsk grundforskning – åtta projekt delar på 227 miljoner

Mekanismerna bakom kronisk smärta, en atlas över tarmbarriären och B-cellsminnets outforskade dimensioner är några av de åtta grundforskningsprojekt inom medici...

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

The life science strategy – what the industry wants

The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s compe...

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Reliably gripping and turning small parts

The extremely compact rotary gripper module EHMD is the ideal choice in many life science applications where small objects need to be gripped and turned in conf...

Synact Pharmas forskningschef framför kritik mot bolaget

Forskningsbolaget Synact Pharma forskningschef Thomas Jonassen framför kritik mot hur bolaget har hanterat situationen efter höstens studieresultat från studierna Expand och Resolve samt påtalar brister i kommunikationen....

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...

Jan Holmgren to receive award for the development of cholera vaccine

Researcher Jan Holmgren is being awarded for the development of the first effective drinkable cholera vaccine. The award is given by the International Vaccine I...

Arbetar du med “pick & place” och kollaborativa robotar?

Vill du minska tidsåtgången för design, installation och uppstart av nya komponenter? Nya RMH från SMC är ett pneumatiskt gripdon, tillgängligt i 3 olika varian...

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease

Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinat...

Vaccinpartners på väg att bli rivaler

Franska Valneva och danska Bavarian Nordic, två partners som distribuerat och marknadsfört varandras produkter sedan 2020, kommer snart att bli rivaler inom vac...