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Carl Borrebaeck – professor och serieentreprenör med känsla för fart

Prisbelönt cancerforskare, grundare av en hel drös börsbolag, ständigt i den akademiska och kommersiella hetluften under flera decennier. Men Carl Borrebaeck, p...

Sweden is organising a large life science conference as part of the EU presidency

On 26-27 June, Sweden will host a European meeting on life science.

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

Genomic Medicine Sweden inleder samarbete med Microsoft

Genomic Medicine Sweden påbörjar nu ett samarbete med Microsoft med syfte att hantera och öka förståelsen av den data som genereras inom precisionsmedicin.

Marie Gårdmark: ”The situation is not satisfactory”

”The legislative tool-box is limited, but carrots in the form of longer exclusivity has already proven successful, this has for example increased registration o...

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 ...

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

Region Stockholm i vaccinationsfas 4 – högt tryck på tidsbokningen

På onsdagen började Region Stockholm att vaccinera i fas 4. Först ut är personer i åldersintervallet 55-59 år.

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Gott om tillbehör till smartphones

Telefonen är idag en av våra viktigaste prylar. Om du har en smartphone är den inte bara en telefon länge utan här har du kalender, adressbok, appar och handlingslista

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

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...

Ny modell ska identifiera rätt dos litium vid bipolär sjukdom

Ny forskning vid Karolinska institutet kan bidra till att lösa ett stort problem inom behandling av bipolär sjukdom: att hitta rätt dos litium för varje patient.

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.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world

Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work agains...

Ny satsning på precisionsmedicin på Karolinska – “Vi vill nå en ny kompetensgrupp“

Ny kompetens krävs inom det snabbt växande området precisionsmedicin. Det uppger Karolinska universitetssjukhuset, som tillsammans med Karolinska institutet öpp...

IT snabbar på läkemedels-utvecklingen

Efter en trevande start ökar användningen av digitala hjälpmedel för att hitta och behålla försökspersoner i kliniska prövningar. De möjliga tidsvinsterna är hi...

Uppmanar till CE-märkning av appar

Läkemedelsverket uppmanar tillverkare av medicinska appar att CE-märka sina produkter.

Hello Angelica Loskog!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.

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...

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

Nyhet - Waukesha Universal Centrifugalpump - UC

Wakesha Cherry-Burrell lanserar det senaste tillskottet i produktutbudet, Universal Centrifugalpumpen (UC).