Collaboration in laboratory automation

The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with high throughput, working very closely together with Festo. As a resu...

Rapid developments in AI – “All stakeholders are struggling to understand it”

Artificial intelligence is being discussed more and more, and developments in the field are moving rapidly. As the Swedish Medical Products Agency testifies, ke...

Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”

The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that r...

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

Pharma Outsourcing – Find the Right Partner (2026)

Läkemedelsbolag skänker nödläkemedel till marburgdrabbade Rwanda

Gilead Sciences har beslutat att skänka 5 000 doser av antivirusläkemedlet remdesivir till Rwanda för nödanvändning under det pågående utbrottet av den fruktade...

Lillys fetmaläkemedel godkänns mot sömnapné i USA – men inte i EU

Viktminskningsläkemedlet Zepbound (tirzepatid) godkänns av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA som den första läkemedelsbehandlingen för måttlig till svår...

From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”

A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic ...

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.

Branschkritik mot EU:s nya läkemedelsförslag – ”En försämring”

”Som helhet en försämring”. ”En förlorad möjlighet”. Så reagerar svenska och europeiska branschorganisationer på kompromissen om en ny läkemedelslagstiftning i EU.

Danish obesity success causes recruitment problems in southern Sweden

The substantial expansion of Danish Novo Nordisk is affecting companies in southern Sweden, which are finding it increasingly difficult to compete for attractive staff.

Han tar över på Elekta

Gustaf Salford är ny vd och koncernchef för bolaget.

Hypothesis testing versus conspiracy theory

"How do you know what is a conspiracy theory and what is a reasonable, scientifically based conclusion?" In a column, Ingrid Lönnstedt reflects on this question.

SMC Corporation Appoints Bianca Brunell as New General Manager for the Nordic and Baltic Countries

SMC Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Bianca Brunell as the new General Manager for SMC’s Nordic and Baltic countries, effective June 1, 2024.

Ranking: Top 10 highest-paid CEOs in pharma

It's nice to hear that things go well for others, right? Some of those who have done really well – at least financially – are listed here in the ranking of the ...

CTR förvärvar Lundabolag inom topikala läkemedel

Bolagsgruppen Center for Translational Research, CTR, utökar sin portfölj genom förvärv av kontraktsforskningsbolaget Zelmic.

Medical Applications

Video about metrology solutions for medical components

“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”

The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment l...

AI speeds up measurement process

How to inspect coatings ten times faster with a light microscope? The medical technology group Smith+Nephew has been using ZEISS Axio Imager.Z2m since summer 2022.

ZEISS presents the "Quality Innovation Days"

The digital event for metrology and software.

Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI

How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.

Rapport: ESS ekonomiskt positivt för Sverige

2021 fick två professorer i uppdrag att analysera de samhällsekonomiska effekterna av bygget av forskningsanläggningen ESS i Lund. Rapporten visar att svenska f...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study

”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess ...

Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Will the Swedish life science strategy be updated with precision?”

What will the Swedish government focus on in the life science strategy that is being updated? And what should be prioritized in the strategy? Life Science Swede...