The government proposes fines for pharmaceutical companies that fail to notify drug shortages in time

According to a compilation from the Swedish Medicines Agency, the number of residually notified medicines increased by 54 % in Sweden last year compared to the ...

Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease

According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases ...

Starka resultat för genterapi – pausas ändå

En ny genterapi förbättrade synen hos elva av tolv patienter med en extremt sällsynt ärftlig ögonsjukdom. Men trots de starka resultaten i en klinisk studie har...

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

A suitable solution developed for UPM Biomedicals In the Festo LifeTech Application Center we tested a setup for UPM Biomedicals for the automatic dispensing of...

Astra Zeneca prövar amerikansk AI-plattform för effektivare cancerstudier

Astra Zeneca ska använda en AI-modell från amerikanska Immunai för att effektivisera sina kliniska prövningar inom cancer.

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...

“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...

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvan...

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered b...

Tio life science-projekt får miljonanslag – ny utlysning öppnar

En rad life science-projekt har fått miljonanslag i ett svenskt proof of concept-program. 13 januari öppnar en ny utlysning.

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Jättestudie om mjölk: Riskfyllt för kvinnor men inte för män

Risken för hjärtinfarkt ökade för kvinnor som i genomsnitt drack minst två glas mjölk om dagen, medan det hos män inte återfanns något sådant samband i en ny st...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

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.

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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

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...

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

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Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life sci...

Konkurrenskraft, cancervård och MDR – läs krönikörernas tankar om branschen

Nya tankegångar, åsikter och framtidsvisioner från profiler i branschen, tillika krönikörer i Life Science Sweden och vår systertidning Medtech Magazine. Här ha...

Ny chef för NIH lovar omfattande reformer

Läkaren Jay Bhattacharya utses av Donald Trump att leda USA:s forskningsinstitut NIH, med en budget på nära 50 miljarder dollar, som han lovar att reformera i grunden.