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Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9...

Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreemen...

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...

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...

How to get visitors to your booth

Food, ball throwing and laser engraved pens. There are many tricks to attract visitors to the stands at Scanlab.

Webinar: How to Plan And Analyze a Real-World Evidence Study

This webinar is for drug developers who want to understand the basic ideas of analyzing an RWE study, as well as avoiding the most common pitfalls.

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Astra Zeneca fick Swecares exportpris – ”Fenomenalt stark utveckling”

Ett globalt storbolag och en uppstickare delar på Swecare Export Awards 2024. Årets vinnare: läkemedelsjätten Astra Zeneca och sårvårdsbolaget PU sensor.

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.

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

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...

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

Elypta awarded one million USD from the Star Trek creator’s foundation

Swedish company Elypta, which develops methods for early cancer detection, has been awarded one million USD from an unexpected source: a foundation set up in me...

Webinar: Clinical evaluation and clinical investigation of medical devices

Whether you are a small medtech company or a large one, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone curious about how clinical studies on medical devices are conducted.

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

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...

Trends and overview: ELRIG "Robotics and Automation"

Laboratories on the way to end-to-end automation: Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation technology boosted by pandemic

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...

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 ...

Acquisition of consulting company Key2Compliance

The Swedish company Key2Compliance, offering services in fields such as pharma and Medtech, has been acquired by German GBA Group.

He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...