Alzinova tar steg mot fas II-studie i USA

Biofarmabolaget Alzinova hoppas kunna inleda en fas II-studie med sin vaccinkandidat mot Alzheimers under andra halvåret 2025.

Ny mpox-variant sprids från Kongo – ökad efterfrågan på vaccin

En dödligare variant av mpox sprids från Demokratiska Republiken Kongo och utgör en risk för barn. Viruset orsakar feber, huvudvärk, muskelvärk, smärtsamma böld...

Regeringens utredare: Avveckla Vetenskapsrådet, Vinnova, Formas och Forte

Idag, onsdag, läggs ett förslag till regeringen som innebär att dagens struktur för forskningsfinansiering avvecklas och tre helt nya myndigheter bildas.

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

Ovanlig genetisk sjukdom behandlad i livmodern för första gången

Ett barn har för första gången behandlats mot spinal muskelatrofi redan i magen på sin mamma. Barnet, som nu är två och ett halvt år gammalt, visar inga symptom...

Problem hos kontraktstillverkare stoppar Regenerons blodcancerläkemedel

För andra gången har Regeneron nekats godkännande i USA för en ny lymfombehandling. Orsaken uppges denna gång vara anmärkningar mot en extern tillverkningsanläg...

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...

Level up your medical expertise

Learn from innovative industry speakers from leading MedTech companies at ZEISS Quality Innovation Days.

Avtal sluts mellan stora svenska och nederländska aktörer

Fyra överenskommelser mellan svenska och nederländska life science-aktörer ska skrivas idag. Avtalen signeras i samband med det pågående statsbesöket från Neder...

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

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...

Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”

A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.

Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide

Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

Orexo avslutar partnerskap kring digital depressionsterapi

Det svenska läkemedelsbolaget Orexo har beslutat att inte satsa vidare på stödprogrammet vid depression, Deprexis, på den amerikanska marknaden. Avtalet med den...

Så mycket väntas lecanemab sälja globalt

Försäljningen av Leqembi (lecanemab), som nyligen fick ett accelererat USA-godkännande som behandling mot Alzheimers sjukdom, väntas globalt uppgå till sju milj...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

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Swedish-Danish meeting at Medicon Village: “One of the most important life science congresses”

For the eleventh year, The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science was held on Wednesday, and the event continues to function as a connecting link between the...

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.