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SMC Corporation Appoints Bianca Brunell as New General Manager for the Nordic and Baltic Countries

SMC Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Bianca Brunell as the new General Manager for SMC’s Nordic and Baltic countries, effective June 1, 2024.

Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”

A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiolog...

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

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.

Regeringen tillsätter utredning om statlig sjukvård – ”Ett historiskt första steg”

Under en pressträff på torsdagsmorgonen berättade företrädare för regeringen att de idag tar ett beslut som kan bli det första steget mot att staten tar över an...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

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Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively ...

“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...

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 of new products in rare diseases. But will it also work to increase access for all EU patients...

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreemen...

A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

Faster development of reliable sample handling

Festo USA has collaborated with PerkinElmer to develop a compact sample handling solution for a global leader in manufacturing medical devices. Thanks to the cu...

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...

Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease

Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinat...

Mikael Kubista tillbaka med ny satsning – efter turbulenta avskedet

Entreprenören och forskaren Mikael Kubista startar ett nytt bolag. Nu är han också fri att kommentera händelseförloppet som ledde till att han förlorade ägandet...

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO

Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.

Enabling 3D Multiplexing Spatial Omics Workflows in Neuroscience

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.