A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work

A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...

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.

Vd-byte i Frost Pharma

Frost Pharma har utsett Magnus Nylén till ny vd.

Uncertainty about the government’s life science work

The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now question...

Han är ny vd för Atrogi – ska ta obesitaskandidat till nästa fas

Det svenska bioteknikbolaget Atrogi, som utvecklar en oral kandidat mot obesitas, har utsett Paul Little till ny vd med omedelbar verkan.

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Karolinska institutet faller ur topp 50-lista

Karolinska institutet tappar mark i årets ranking av världens bästa universitet.

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Nytt världsrekord i labbet – kartlade arvsmassa på fyra timmar

Roche har slagit världsrekord av ett annorlunda slag – genom att sekvensera ett komplett mänskligt genom på mindre än fyra timmar.

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The Swedish Life Science Office: “We lost in both coordination and manpower”

Since the turn of the year, the Swedish government’s life science office has operated at a lower capacity. Life Science Sweden has spoken to Pontus Holm, Depart...

Sobi går om Roche i ny patientrankning

Roche tappar förstaplatsen i Patientviews årliga rankning över läkemedelsföretagens anseende bland patientorganisationer inom sällsynta sjukdomar. Nykomlingen S...

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her openi...

Första svenska patienten behandlad med Carvykti – ”Gått som planerat”

För första gången har en svensk patient behandlats med Carvykti, en CAR-T-cellterapi mot blodcancerformen multipelt myelom. Bakom behandlingen ligger flera års ...

Advanced workflow automation and scalable image analysis in spatial biology

ZEISS and Concept Life Sciences announce partnership.

Tirzepatide approved for obesity by the FDA – to be branded as Zepbound

Diabetes drug tirzepatide has now also been approved in the US for treating obesity.

Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field

In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Sci...

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

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Reliably gripping and turning small parts

The extremely compact rotary gripper module EHMD is the ideal choice in many life science applications where small objects need to be gripped and turned in conf...

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 advance new medical technology and ...