EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

New firm based on SLU research

Four researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has recently founded a new nanotech company.

Google ger sig in i biotech-branschen

Sökmotorjättens nystartade bolag Calico ska fokusera på åldrande och åldersrelaterade sjukdomar.

Lytix calls in cash

Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.

Early stage research and low turnaround dominates

Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performers have companies in phase III, according to Biotech Scandinavia's survey....

New CEO to Medivir

The Board of the Swedish biotech company Medivir has appointed the successor to the current CEO Lars Adlersson.

Biogaia's advance goes on

In December Biogaia reached China and North America. Now, the Swedish probiotic company has entered the Mexican market.

Pfizer buys Swiss vaccines

Pfizer executes commercial license agreements for novel human vaccines based on the Swiss company Cytos Biotechnology's Immunodrug technology.

Changing e-solutions for clinical trials

Social media and personalized medicine are two factors that will have a great impact on the design and IT-solutions for clinical trials. Unithink is an upcoming, e-solutions company...

Laboratory food

VWR exhibits laboratory tools with molecular gastronomy Rotary evaporators and magnetic stirrers - for making food. VWR tries out new ways for the exhibition at...

Här är hela listan med de svenska ERC-miljonerna

Totalt har 236 forskare fått pengar från det europeiska forskningsrådet ERC. Tolv av dem kommer att arbeta med sina projekt i Sverige.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

Trio goes in for high tech medicines

The Swedish drug discovery company Beactica announces fragment-based drug discovery research collaboration with GE Healthcare and the University of Uppsala.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

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De nätverkar med Kina

Kristin Hellman och Dan Walker kommer att sköta Uppsala Bios kontakter i det nya samarbetet med Shanghai.

Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal

The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Uppsala Bio redo för Asien

Life science-klustret har tillsammans med Uppsala Innovation Centre tecknat ett samarbetsavtal med Kinas största nätverk för life science-bolag.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

How to be a perfect mingler

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, ...

Ny serie av svepelektronmikroskop från FEI

Den nya 50-serien av Quanta från FEI Company är familj svepelektronmikroskop som kan visa bilder av mjuka, icke-ledande prover och dynamiska processer.

Certifierad infraröd labtermometer

Det börjar bli dags att byta ut de gamla kvicksilvertermometrarna på labbet, och ett nytt bra alternativ kan då vara att investera i en infraröd termometer.