Studie: Eli Lillys Mounjaro överglänser Novo Nordisks Wegovy

På fem olika mål för viktminskning, inklusive minskning av midjeomfång, är Eli Lillys Mounjaro överlägsen Novo Nordisks Wegovy, enligt resultatet från en första...

Bioarctic fälls för vd-uttalanden till journalist – efter anmälan från konkurrent

I ett vägledande utslag fälls alzheimerbolaget Bioarctic för uttalanden som bolagets vd gjorde till en ekonomijournalist i somras.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

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...

Tariq Mughal rekryteras till medicinsk chef för Mendus

Tariq Mughal har utsetts till Chief Medical Officer för immunterapibolaget Mendus.

Noteringsaktuella Alvotech: “Vill bli marknadsledande globalt inom biosimilarer”

Det isländska bioteknikbolaget Alvotech parallellnoteras på Nasdaq Stockholm den 19 maj. Bolaget är redan listat på Nasdaq i New York och i Reykjavik, där det ä...

BMS gör nedskärningar på hemmaplan

Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb kapar bort 280 tjänster vid sina anläggningar i New Jersey och Kalifornien.

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

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...

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

FOKUS Patient turns international

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

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

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?

Immedica högt på listan över Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser

Stockholmsbaserade Immedica Pharma hamnar tvåa på listan över Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser i kategorin medelstora organisationer. Även andra läkemedelsföretag f...

Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”

forward and thinking about all the new things that there will be in a freer role,” she says to Life Science Sweden

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

23andme köps upp – Regeneron tar över miljontals DNA-prover

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Regeneron bjöd högst och ser ut att ta över konkursade DNA-testbolaget 23andme och dess biobank med genetisk information om miljontals kunder.

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 ...

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...

Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“

You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good condit...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

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Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.