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...

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...

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...

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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...

Kennedy stoppar bidrag till vaccinalliansen Gavi

USA kommer inte längre ge ekonomiskt stöd till Gavi förrän den globala vaccinalliansen ”återvunnit allmänhetens förtroende”. Det meddelar USA:s hälsominister Ro...

HAB Nicolai Johannsen

Svensk obesitaskandidat visade lovande resultat – ”Kan få stor betydelse”

Tabletten ska främja viktminskning utan att påverka aptit eller muskelmassa. Resultaten är lovande, enligt en klinisk fas I-studie från Karolinska institutet oc...

Mastering Urine Microscopy: Techniques for Accurate Disease Detection

Live Webinar on September 25, 2024.

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which...

Proaktiv övervakning och läckagetest av värmeväxlare

Maximera drifttid och resursutnyttjande i produktionen.

Konsultbolag slås ihop – Scandinavian CRO och Qadvis blir Aurevia

Scandinavian CRO och Qadvis har nu bägge officiellt blivit en del av Aurevia, och tar därmed det nya bolagets namn.

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 ...

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...

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”

“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportuni...