Pfizer vinner budstriden om fetmauppstickaren Metsera

Pfizer har slutit ett avtal på 10 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 95 miljarder kronor, för att köpa det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget Metsera, efter att Novo Nordi...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

Enabling 3D Multiplexing Spatial Omics Workflows in Neuroscience

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.

Lundbeck får genombrottsstatus i Kina för nytt epilepsiläkemedel

Danska läkemedelsbolaget Lundbeck har fått Breakthrough Therapy Designation i Kina för sin läkemedelkandidat bexicaserin, avsett för behandling av anfall vid ut...

FOKUS Patient turns international

FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.

Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”

Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

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 ...

EU Pharmaceutical Legislation Reform

The EU's Pharmaceutical Legislation Reform, proposed by the commission within the European Health Union, aims to establish a citizen-centric framework to enhanc...

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

Eternal Rye – Improving Plant Breeding Methods

User story from Martin Luther University Halle.

Eli Lilly skrotar smärtkandidat – ytterligare omsvängning i pipelinen

Eli Lilly lägger ner utvecklingen av sin P2X7-hämmare i fas II mot smärta. Det är den senaste förändringen i en pipeline som redan genomgått flera större omprio...

Babypuderskandalen når Europa – första stämningen mot J&J i Storbritannien

De enorma skadeståndsprocesserna mot Johnson & Johnson, vars talkpuder påstås ha orsakat cancer, har nu även nått Storbritannien.

3 fördelar med kompakta ventilterminaler från Aventics

Från vår tillverkare Aventics hittar du kompakta ventilterminaler i plast vilket gör sig bra inom automationsindustrin.

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...

Beta-blockers are often given unnecessarily, a study finds – “This will affect future practice”

Patients who have suffered a minor heart attack do not benefit from beta-blockers, according to a major new study that may change guidelines for cardiac care.

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, ...

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

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...

Mättekniker från hela Sverige deltar i CALYPSO Days hos ZEISS

Det var fullsatt när ZEISS Quality Excellence Centre samlade användare av mätprogramvaran ZEISS CALYPSO i Eskilstuna.

Astra Zeneca nådde inte mål i lungcancerstudie

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...