He takes over the chairmanship of Karolinska Development

Ben Toogood is appointed as the new chairman of Karolinska Developments.

New diagnostic rules raise concerns

In a panel discussion, several voices from academia and the industry expressed concerns about the transition to the new regulatory framework for in-vitro diagno...

Christina Lloyd: ”Vi måste koppla kvinnohälsa till ledarskap”

Nätverket Vilda, som verkar för att stärka kvinnligt ledarskap och främja jämställdhet inom life science, har på kort tid vuxit i medlemsantal. Nu är siktet ins...

FOKUS Patient turns international

FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting ap...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the ...

ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit video

An event full of experiences, talks, innovations, speeches, and state-of-the-art technology.

Doge backar om nedläggning av viktigt FDA-labb

Trumpadministrationen drar efter kritik tillbaka beslutet att stänga ett av FDA:s viktigaste laboratorier för läkemedelskontroll.

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Eli Lilly förvärvar Siteone – får tillgång till smärtkandidat

Eli Lilly planerar att förvärva biopharmabolaget Siteone Therapeutics, vilket bedöms stärka den amerikanska läkemedelsjättens satsningen på att utveckla icke-op...

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...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

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...

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Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.

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...