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...

Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tin...

Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions

Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 20...

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

Pilots want to live too

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...

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...

SDS-gruppen blir ett Great Place to Work!

Certifieringen innebär att SDS konkurrerar om att bli en av Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser.

“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...

Krönika: Welcome to the Circus

"Alla" är där - JP Morgan-veckan i San Francisco är navet för investeringar, industrirepresentanter och forskning. Här ger Johan Strömquist, VD för NDA Group, s...

Protein hjälper cancerceller att utveckla resistens mot cytostatika

Olika cytostatika attackerar cancerceller på olika sätt, med syftet att de ska dö. Ett sätt är att angripa cancercellernas DNA.

Event: Drug Development – Serendipity or Science

Drug development is a challenging journey, we will discuss questions you may not even consider asking. SDS and Medicon Village welcome you to an engaging afternoon.

Sov som en björn – och undvik blodproppar

Minskning av ett visst blodplättsprotein tycks ha en nyckelroll när det gäller att förhindra blodproppar, enligt forskning vid bland annat Universitetssjukhuset...

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark...

Life science-företag på lista över bästa arbetsplatserna

Flera företag inom life science-området placerar sig på 2023 års lista över Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser, som sammanställts av undersökningsföretaget Great place to work.

Ny upptäckt kring telomerernas DNA – kan koda för proteiner

Telomererna, som sitter i ändarna av DNA-molekylen, har fler funktioner än vi tidigare trott, menar forskare från University of North Carolina, UNC, school of medicine.

SDS utsedd till en av Sveriges Bästa Arbetsplatser™

SDS Life Science och systerbolaget SDS MedteQ tar för första gången plats på listan över Sveriges Bästa Arbetsplatser™.

Elypta får en miljon dollar – av Star Trek-skaparens stiftelse

Svenska Elypta, som utvecklar metoder för tidig upptäckt av cancer, har tilldelats en miljon dollar från oväntat håll: en stiftelse som grundats till minne av s...

The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.

The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.

TV: "Våga samarbeta med Amazon och Google!"

Nu kommer de gigantiska techjättarna med sjukvårdslösningar. Jennifer Grönqvist, på Sahlgrenska Science Park, har en strategi.

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.