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...

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...

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...

Genterapi mot blödarsjuka visade effekt ännu efter fyra år

Den omtalade genterapin Hemgenix mot hemofili B visar god effekt fortfarande fyra år efter att behandlingen utförts.

Novo Nordisk sues compounding pharmacies in the US

Novo Nordisk is suing compounding pharmacies in Florida, USA, because the company claims to have found impurities in the active ingredient in the obesity drug Wegovy.

High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health

Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more...

Mycket stort intresse för life science-möte i Lund

Idag, torsdag, pågår eventet The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science i Lund för över 500 deltagare.

Vd för life science-företag vinner entreprenörspris

Isabell Ahlén, vd för bolaget Sam Nordic, vann priset ”Entrepreneurial Winning Women” under årets regionfinal av Ey Entrepreneur Of The Year i Stockholm.

”Innovation handlar inte bara om teknik”

Bredda bilden av innovation och frångå sjukdomscentreringen i hälso- och sjukvårdssystemet. Det är visionen som den kanadensiska innovations- och sjukhusexperte...

Möte om framtidens diagnostik igång i Stockholm

Labb och diagnostik står på agendan vid ett möte i Life City på onsdagen i Hagastaden.

Dansk aktör köper krisande amerikanskt cancerbolag

Danska Pharmacosmos tar över det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget G1 Therapeutics i en affär som uppgår till 405 miljoner dollar.

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.

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

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.

Aurevia

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in Danish manufacturing facilities

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is investing DKK 42 billion, equivalent to around SEK 65 billion/EUR 5.6 billion, in its manufacturing facilities in Ka...

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

Corporate finance-bolag inom life science etablerar sig i Lund

North Point Securities, som arbetar med företagsfinansiering inom bland annat life science, etablerar sig i Lund.

Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”

“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportuni...

Nya patent på väg för Dicot – ”Mycket starkt skydd”

Ytterligare två patent är på väg att godkännas i USA för Uppsalabolaget Dicot Pharma.

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...