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...

The Swedish Academy of Sciences: “We have too many researchers”

Sweden does not need more researchers, but it does need better ones. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding should be distributed to favour excellence.

Meribel Pharma Solna

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Metabolon

”Vill ni ha en häst eller vill ni flytta till villa?”

Anna Törner skriver om en annorlunda uppväxt, och om hur oortodoxa val kan ge oanade möjligheter.

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

Bioarctic fälls för vd-uttalanden till journalist – efter anmälan från konkurrent

I ett vägledande utslag fälls alzheimerbolaget Bioarctic för uttalanden som bolagets vd gjorde till en ekonomijournalist i somras.

Medicon Valley Alliance

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

Leqembi godkänt i EU – ”Vi har väntat väldigt länge”

Bioartics läkemedel Leqembi (lecanemab) mot Alzheimers sjukdom har efter flera turer fått godkänt i EU. Det innebär att det för första gången finns ett godkänt ...

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

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Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

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...

Fängelsedomen mot Macchiarini står fast – HD prövar inte målet

Fängelsedomen på 2,5 år mot kirurgen Paolo Macchiarini står fast. Det står klart sedan Högsta domstolen beslutat att inte meddela prövningstillstånd i målet.

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Caroline Leksell Cooke ny chef på Elekta

Elekta har rekryterat Caroline Leksell Cooke till ny Senior Vice President och Head of Neuro Solutions. Hon börjar sin nya tjänst den 1 november.

Finansiering inom life science – ”Det har varit en tuff period utan tvekan”

Tuffa ekonomiska tider avspeglas inom life science-sektorn. Hur ska man tänka i dagens klimat och är vi på väg mot ljusare tider? Det diskuterades under ett pan...

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.

Higher throughput in less time

Do you want to automate your quality processes, shorten inspection times and increase your throughput? Gain inspiration from the experience of the medical techn...

Reliably gripping and turning small parts

The extremely compact rotary gripper module EHMD is the ideal choice in many life science applications where small objects need to be gripped and turned in conf...

Pharmaevent lockade internationella deltagare

Under tisdagen arrangerade Life Science Sweden eventet Pharma Outsourcing. I år var deltagare från över 10 länder på plats i Life City i Hagastaden.