"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

16 miljoner kronor till ATMP i Västsverige

Genom en miljonsatsning i Västra Götalandsregionen ska små och medelstora life sciene-bolag få stöd för att accelerera utvecklingen inom avancerade terapiläkemedel (ATMP).

Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn d...

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Radiofarmakabolaget Aktis tar in miljardbelopp

Amerikanska biotechbolaget Aktis Oncology, som utvecklar radiofarmaka, tar in 175 miljoner amerikanska dollar, motsvarande cirka 1,8 miljarder svenska kronor, g...

Fem nya företag till KI Innovations

KI Innovations har antagit fem nya life science-företag till sin inkubator. Samtliga bolag är sprungna ur forskning vid Karolinska institutet.

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?

Nivågivare med Bluetooth för smidig och enkel kommunikation

Nivågivare FLR från Kuebler erbjuder kontinuerlig nivåmätning som bygger på flottörprincipen. Med Bluetooth slipper du kabeldragning och får en smidig och enkel...

Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ventilator

The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of those working from home. Yet within the space of just four weeks...

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...

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

The life science strategy – what the industry wants

The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s compe...

Vinnova is going to establish a new innovation cluster

Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, has been commissioned by the government to establish a national innovation cluster for advanced medicines.

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers

A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approva...

Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease

According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases ...

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

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Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities

What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Kar...

Astra Zeneca’s asthma drug nears approval for sinus inflammation

Astra Zeneca’s drug Tezspire receives positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Konkurrenter blir gemensamma Crafoordvinnare – för upptäckt om autoimmun sjukdom

Christopher Goodnow, Austrualien, och David Nemazee, USA, vinner Crafoordpriset i polyartrit 2025 för upptäckten av mekanismer som förhindrar autoimmun sjukdom....

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.