Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Will the Swedish life science strategy be updated with precision?”

What will the Swedish government focus on in the life science strategy that is being updated? And what should be prioritized in the strategy? Life Science Swede...

Exploring Molecular Dynamics with Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy

Understand how RICS can be used to measure diffusion coefficients.

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 ...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

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...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

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.

Studiedeltagare avled efter behandling med crispr-kandidat

En patient som behandlades med amerikanska Intellia Therapeutics genterapi nex-z har avlidit efter att ha vårdats på sjukhus med kraftigt förhöjda levervärden. ...

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

An easy way to handle microtiter plate stacks

Do you want to automate handling of microtiter plates.? Have a look at a very simple solution on how to handle them.

Isländsk genetikpionjär får Fernströms nordiska pris

En av världens mest kända forskare inom populationsgenetik, professor Kári Stefánsson från Island, tilldelas Eric K Fernström nordiska pris.

Pfizer stämmer Novo Nordisk i miljardstrid om biotechbolag

Budstriden om Metsera trappas upp när Pfizer stämmer både det amerikanska bioteknikbolaget och Novo Nordisk. Kärnfrågan är om Novos bud på 8,5 miljarder dollar ...

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

Senzime tar in kapital för fortsatt kommersiell expansion

Medtechbolaget Senzime har beslutat att genomföra en riktad nyemisson. Bolaget planerar att ta in cirka 86 miljoner kronor.

Orexo utser tysk biotechprofil till styrelseordförande

Uppsalabolaget Orexo har utsett Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach till ny styrelseordförande.

Utredningarna mot Astra Zeneca: ”Kinesiska intressen kan ligga bakom”

Varför pågår det flera utredningar mot Astra Zeneca-anställda i Kina just nu? Life Science Sweden fortsätter att nysta i härvan.

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...

List: The coolest names in biotech

Hairy beasts, volcanic material and space strolling stand out on a US list of the best biotech company names, and on a list of the coolest names for pharmaceuti...

Novo Nordisk utser Mike Doustdar till ny vd

Den danska läkemedelsjätten Novo Nordisk har utsett Mike Doustdar till ny vd. Samtidigt kom besked om att bolaget sänker sina prognoser – vilket ledde till att ...

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AI-assisted ZEISS Solution inspects implant coatings automatically.

Automate E2E Image Analysis Pipelines

ZEISS arivis Pro - Your End-to-End Scientific Image Analysis Software.

KI’s new super machine measures brain activity in real-time – “A very expensive hairdo”

Using brand-new, super-advanced equipment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now measure brain activity in real-time, with higher resolution than previou...

FDA godkänner Gileads injektion mot hiv: ”Avgörande ögonblick”

Gilead Sciences förbyggande hiv-läkemedel lenakapavir godkändes på onsdagen av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA. Nu tänds hoppet om att äntligen kunna ...