Forskare skapar miniorgan från fostervatten

För första gången har forskare lyckats skapa organoider från celler som utvunnits från fostervatten. Något som kan öka möjligheten att behandla medfödda tillstå...

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...

100 years of Festo

The spirit of invention is deeply rooted in our corporate culture. Since our foundation, we have been setting benchmarks by developing innovative solutions that...

ZEISS presents the "Quality Innovation Days"

The digital event for metrology and software.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

Medical plastics insights at Röchling

An exclusive look behind the scenes.

Computed tomography in measurement of medical plastic products

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"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested...

ZEISS receives FDA clearance for INTRABEAM 700

With its new treatment platform for intraoperative radiotherapy, ZEISS is actively shaping the medical innovation of neuro tumor therapy.

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Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

Osäkerhet kring IVF-reform i USA – svenskt bolag backar

Vita huset backar från Donald Trumps vallöfte om att öka tillgången till fertilitetsbehandlingar. Svenskt medicinteknikbolaget faller ytterligare efter beskedet.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

GSK i stort Kinasamarbete – ska utveckla ett dussin nya läkemedel

Den brittiska läkemedelsjätten GSK har tecknat ett stort samarbetsavtal med kinesiska Hengrui Pharma om utveckling av upp till 12 nya läkemedel.

RFK Jr: I september vet vi vad som orsakar autism

USA ska identifiera orsaken till autism – och det ska vara gjort till september i år. Det säger USA:s hälsominister Robert F. Kennedy Jr., som därmed sätter en ...

Patentutgångar tvingar BMS till nytt sparpaket

Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb planerar nya stora nedskärningar mindre än ett år efter det förra sparpaketet.

Study: Semaglutide tablet produces weight loss

The pharmaceutical semaglutide is effective for weight loss even when given in tablet form, according to a phase 3 study.

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...