Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

EMA ser koppling mellan Ozempic och sällsynt ögonsjukdom

Novo Nordisks omsusade viktminsknings- och diabetesläkemedel Wegovy, Ozempic och Rybelsus kan i mycket sällsynta fall orsaka en allvarlig ögonsjukdom som kan ge...

Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality

What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.

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Studie: Uppväxtort kan påverka risk för typ 1-diabetes

Risken att utveckla diabetes typ 1 varierar kraftigt beroende på var i Sverige du har bott som barn, enligt en ny studie från Göteborgs universitet. Resultatet ...

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Tummen ned för lecanemab i EU – ”Jätteförvånad”

Alzheimerläkemedlet lecanemab får ett negativ utlåtande från den europeiska läkemedelsmyndighetens kommitté för humanläkemedel, CHMP. Det meddelade myndigheten ...

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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

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...

KI-bolag får stöd av Michael J. Fox Foundation

Svenska Umecrine Cognition har fått ett anslag från The Michael J. Fox Foundation för att utvärdera bolagets läkemedelskandidat golexanolon som behandling för P...

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimen...

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...

Lumito i samarbete med brittisk CRO – för att stärka vävnadsanalys

Lumito har inlett ett samarbete med brittiska CRO-bolaget Concept Life Science. Syftet är att förbättra vävnadsanalys inom läkemedelsutveckling.

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...

“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...

Bakslag för Pfizers prostataläkemedel

Läkemedelsjätten Pfizers försök att bredda användningsområdet för ett av sina läkemedel möter motstånd. En rådgivande panel hos läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA har en...

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...

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

Stockholm and Uppsala jointly form a life science cluster

Stockholm and Uppsala are strengthening cooperation in medical research and biotech.

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