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.

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

, exemplified by CAR-T cells, and the research pipeline is promising. In addition, the medical device field is constantly growing creating new solutions to addr...

Studienamn med attityd – viktigare än man kan tro

Ironman, T-rex, Star-trec. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nej, det handlar varken om fantasyfilmer eller hundnamn. Utan om benämningar på pågående cancerstudier i Sverige.

About Microscope Ergonomics

Learn about ergonomic microscope design and how you can increase your well-being and productivity when working in clinical microscopy. Read about challenges, de...

Prognos: Över hälften av världens befolkning överviktig 2035

Om inget görs kommer över hälften av världens befolkningen lida av övervikt eller fetma år 2035 – och följdkostnaderna blir gigantiska, enligt en ny rapport.

Regsmart rekryterar från Läkemedelsverket

Uppsalaföretaget Regsmart förstärker sitt konsultteam inom området medical device.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Företag i Kanada får börja tillverka kokain

Ett företag i den kanadensiska provinsen British Columbia har fått tillstånd att tillverka och sälja kokain på licens.

Compact and leak-tight powerhouse

Media-separated solenoid valve VYKA from Festo is virtually leak-free

Kids-world öppnar en webbutik i Sverige

Annette var bara 19 år när hon och hennes man fick sitt första barn. Nu 15 år senare äger dem en av Danmarks största e-handelsföretag med 130 medarbetare.

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Stockholm (2026)

Läkemedelsverket om nya regelverket: Stora utmaningar att hinna med

Det är bråda tider på Läkemedelsverket inför införandet av det nya regelverket IVDR den 26 maj. "Övergångstiderna som finns har gett oss mer tid, men vi ser änd...

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

Quotient Sciences Limited

Zelmic

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.

Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated

The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politi...

Basics of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

Learn about the principle of confocal fluorescence microscopy.

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...

Metabolon

Galenica AB

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...