The government proposes fines for pharmaceutical companies that fail to notify drug shortages in time

According to a compilation from the Swedish Medicines Agency, the number of residually notified medicines increased by 54 % in Sweden last year compared to the ...

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karol...

Barns läkemedelsanvändning i centrum för Årets farmaceut

Ett långt och träget arbete för bättre läkemedelsanvändning för barn gör att Per Nydert vid Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus utses till Årets farmaceut 2023.

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish ...

Biotechbolag får EU-miljoner för analys inom cellterapi

Bioteknikbolaget Neogap Therapeutics får fem miljoner kronor från EU-programmet Eurostars för utveckling av en analysmetod för T-cellsaktivitet mot tumörer.

Han blir ny nordisk chef på Becton Dickinson

Det amerikanska medicinteknikbolaget Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) har anställt en ny nordisk chef, Hans Braunstein.

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Copenhagen (2026)

“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...

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...

“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”

Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessibl...

MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures

MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.

ZEISS Quality Innovation Days

The leading digital event from April 15-19, 2024.

Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”

”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...

Immunovias nya test för pankreascancer klarade målen

Lundbaserade Immunovias nya test för tidig upptäckt av bukspottkörtelcancer nådde både det primära och det sekundära effektmåttet i en modellutvecklingsstudie.

”Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig, men ofta bättre”

Intresset för knutar, knopar och att bygga saker fanns sedan barnsben – men skulle få helt andra dimensioner långt senare. ”Plötsligt upptäckte jag att DNA, det...

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 adv...

Blir vd för Hamlet Biopharma

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Hamlet Pharma, som snart blir Hamlet Biopharma, har rekryterat en ny vd. I oktober tar Petter Segelman Lindqvist sig an uppdraget.

Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”

”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain mar...

Quattroflow QF5kSU för engångsbruk

Nästa generation engångspumpar för läkemedel och biomedicinapplikationer! Quattroflow – QF5k Single-Use.

Lista: Coolaste namnen inom biotech

Håriga bestar, vulkaniskt material och månpromenader sticker ut på en amerikansk lista över de bästa företagsnamnen inom biotech. Och på en annan lista, över de...

Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark

Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.