The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

New type of stem cell discovered

The earlier view of the scientific community was that melanocytes, the pigment cells, derive from the spinal cord during the early fetal period and then move ov...

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...

Blir ny vd för Kronans Apotek

Apotekskedjan Kronans Apotek rekryterar sin nya vd internt.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recogniz...

WHO rekommenderar det första malariavaccinet för barn: "En historisk dag"

Världshälsoorganisationen WHO rekommenderar en storskalig användning av världens första malariavaccin.

FDA skjuter upp alla utländska inspektioner

få godkännande från FDA, rapporterar Medcity news.

Mingling types - who to aim for and who to avoid:

Read about different mingling types - who are you?

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...

FDA godkänner antikroppstest för covid-19

Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten, FDA, har gett ett påskyndat godkännande för nödsituationer till företaget Cellex att tillverka ett antikroppstest som upp...

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are relatives

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have the same genetic causes, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet.

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...

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA

The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.

Anything is measurable

At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into th...

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project betwee...

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Mingling do's and don'ts

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, ...

Vitamin D is mental health aid

Vitamin D can help stave off the mental decline that can affect people in old age, a study suggests.

Inga spår av coronavirus när Londons tunnelbana undersöktes

En nyligen genomförd stickprovsundersökning i Londons tunnelbana visade inga spår av sars-cov-2.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and ...

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? ...