Tvingades dra tillbaka läkemedel – nu gör bolaget nedskärningar

Efter flera regulatoriska motgångar och ett tillbakadraget läkemedel under hösten tvingas Intercept Pharmaceuticals till neddragningar.

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...

Rekordstor donation till cancerforskning i Lund – ”Once in a lifetime-möjlighet”

Lunds universitet får den största donationen i lärosätets moderna historia, enligt ett pressmeddelande.

”Tillgången till kapital ökar när det finns en exit”

Det är fortsatt tuffa tider för biotechbolag som jagar finansiering – men det finns gott hopp om en ljusning framöver. Det menar Okee Williams, Corporate Adviser på Redeye.

Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry

Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Dir...

“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”

Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diag...

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

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.

Eternal Rye – Improving Plant Breeding Methods

User story from Martin Luther University Halle.

Nina Rawal om hur synen på vaccin förändrats i USA: ”förflyttningen är fundamental”

Nu nalkas vinterns ledigheter. Det vill Life Science Sweden uppmärksamma genom att ställa bakåt- och framåtblickande frågor till branschprofiler fram till jul. ...

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

Anna Törner: “My quantified life”

“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the mor...

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.

Webinar: Automate your processes

Free ZEISS webinar on January 30th, 2025.

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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A new special edition and a new event in Copenhagen – This is happening at Life Science Sweden 2024

The new year brings new features for the readers of Life Science Sweden.

Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide

AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a...

Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed

Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.

AI upptäcker tumörsjukdom – via röstinspelning

En kort röstinspelning tillsammans med ansiktsbilder – i bägge fallen analyserade med en AI-algoritm – kan göra det möjligt att upptäcka den sällsynta tumörsjuk...

Vad utmärker de tillverkare som lyckats med en snabb MDR-certifiering?

Övergången till MDR har generellt inneburit längre handläggningstider i Europa för CE-märkning av medicintekniska produkter. En MDR-certifieringsprocess omfatta...

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...

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...