Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ventilator

treatment, thanks to an agile development process and standard components that were quickly delivered.

Nytt varsel på BMS – ska spara 1,5 miljarder

Bristol Myers Squibb, BMS, varslar 195 anställda efter att läkemedelsbolaget genomför ytterligare ett besparingspaket.

Mathias Uhlén’s protein atlas is recognised as a global resource

The Human Protein Atlas is the first database in Sweden to be designated a Global Core Biodata Resource. According to Mathias Uhlén, this is a quality hallmark ...

Omvänt förvärv ska ta Flerie till börsen – ”Viktigt steg i bolagets plan”

Läkemedelsinvesteraren Flerie Invest tar en genväg till börsen genom ett omvänt förvärv av forskningsbolaget Index Pharmaceuticals.

From the sea of Åland to a self-test for lithium

Four years ago, a meeting on the sea of Åland resulted in the development of a self-test for lithium levels in the blood. The hopes are that the test will be av...

ZEISS presents the "Quality Innovation Summit"

A global event on the future of quality assurance.

No longer afraid of the dentist.

Teaching robot with piezo technology

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Ny vd hos Index Pharmaceuticals

I januari 2023 får Index Pharmaceuticals en ny vd. Jenny Sundqvist efterträder Johan Giléus som varit tillförordnad vd sedan april i år.

Unexpected study results on testosterone – no reduction in fracture risk

Testosterone treatment is known to increase bone density and bone quality. However, a study now suggests that supplementation with the male sex hormone does not...

Medicon Valley Alliance

Conjugate Planes in Microscopy

Knowledge Article from ZEISS.

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 ...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...

Truly Labs AB

FOKUS Patient turns international

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

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

Oärliga företag tar över vetenskapliga tidskrifter – ”Ett allvarligt hot”

Oseriösa företag som köper upp vetenskapliga tidskrifter och sedan höjer publiceringsavgifterna och börjar masspublicera artiklar är ett växande problem. Läs fö...

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

Advanced Microfluidics Flow Analysis Made Easy

Case study with ZEISS Airyscan.

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 ...

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.