Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

Danska life science-industrin står för rekordhög export

Den danska exporten av life science-produkter har ökat explosionsartat, med en tillväxt på 227 procent sedan 2008 och utgjorde 2023 så mycket som 19 procent av ...

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks

For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thro...

Niklas Blomberg ny vd för europeisk organisation inom life science

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) utsåg i juni förra året svensken Niklas Blomberg till ny vd för organisationen. Tjänsten påbörjade han nu vid årsskiftet.

Study: Semaglutide tablet produces weight loss

The pharmaceutical semaglutide is effective for weight loss even when given in tablet form, according to a phase 3 study.

Hon får nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance

Ewa Wikström får den nyinrättade professuren i Health Governance på Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet. Professuren skapas med hjälp av Carl Bennet, huv...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”

The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at...

"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...

Kontaktdon som möter de hårda kraven inom livsmedelsindustrin

Vi på OEM Automatic erbjuder kontakter från HARTING som är speciellt framtagna för att möta de hårda kraven i livsmedelsindustrin. Han® F + B-serien är designad...

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

Temperaturvakt från WIKA för säkerhetskritiska applikationer

Vi presenterar stolt Serie TAG, en avancerad temperaturvakt från WIKA, specialutvecklad för säkerhetskritiska applikationer.

Will the FDA’s new transparency policy extend to medical devices? (Part 1)

In a significant policy shift, the FDA has begun publishing Complete Response Letters (CRLs) for drug and biologic applications that were initially rejected but...

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 ...

Branschen på plats i Almedalen

Idag är Almedalsveckan inne på sin näst sista dag. Flera aktörer är på plats i Visby för att diskutera hälso- och sjukvård, life science och medicinteknik. Unde...

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

Radar för känsliga livsmedelsapplikationer

OEM Automatic presenterar stolt Rosemounts senaste innovation inom beröringsfri nivåmätning. Rosemounts radarbaserade lösning erbjuder exakt och pålitlig mätnin...

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.

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

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...

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

“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...

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