Thermo Fisher köper Solventum-enhet för över 4 miljarder dollar

Förvärvet berör Solventums enhet för teknologier inom rening och filter som används vid tillverkningsprocesser.

The key to successful collaboration between industry and academia

Why is collaboration between industry and academia necessary in the life sciences sector? What obstacles exist, and what is the key to successful collaboration?

Affibody AB

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Medicon Valley Alliance

A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.

Sobi inleder nytt samarbete inom sepsis

Särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi inleder ett nytt forskningssamarbete och en klinisk studie kring en potentiell behandling vid sepsis.

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Digitala produktpass - från regelverk till konkurrensfördel

Inom EU pågår just nu en omfattande omställning mot mer cirkulära och hållbara affärsmodeller. En viktig pusselbit i detta arbete är införandet av digitala prod...

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

Nytt läkemedel ska förenkla behandling av blödarsjuka

En ny typ av behandling mot hemofili, som bara behöver ges varannan månad, har godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

Galenica AB

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by J...

Double up for Korbinian Löbmann

This year, Korbinian Löbmann will moderate the New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meeting in Copenhagen for the fifth time. Furthermore, he will ...

Hjärnan i 3D – efter en videostund med Matrix

Forskare i USA har skapat det största och mest detaljerade kopplingsschemat hittills av en däggdjurshjärna genom att kartlägga celler i hjärnvävnaden hos en mus...

FHM ska leda expertlabb för ebola och okända virussjukdomar

Folkhälsomyndigheten har fått ansvar för att driva det europeiska referenslaboratoriet för smittsamma sjukdomar som ebola, marburg och rabies. Uppdraget omfatta...

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

Caroline Leksell Cooke ny chef på Elekta

Elekta har rekryterat Caroline Leksell Cooke till ny Senior Vice President och Head of Neuro Solutions. Hon börjar sin nya tjänst den 1 november.

Lista: Här är biotechbolagen som startade i Sverige förra året

Tuffa ekonomiska tider och försiktiga investerare drabbar små biotechbolag. Trots detta finns det företagare som vågar satsa och starta nytt. Life Science Swede...

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