Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

High biological age is linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke

It is a well-known fact that people age at different rates, and a recent study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that people with a biological age higher tha...

Eli Lilly to build a USD 2.5-billion plant in Germany

US-based Eli Lilly is planning a huge investment of USD 2.5 billion, equivalent to around SEK 26.5 billion, in a new production facility in Alzey, Germany.

“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 ...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Introducing ZEISS arivis Pro 4.2

Your solution for advanced image analysis and visualization.

Så ska UD främja svensk life science-export

Bredd och innovationskraft gör att svensk life science-export fortsätter att stå stark – men de protektionistiska tendenserna i omvärlden är oroande. Det säger ...

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in Danish manufacturing facilities

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is investing DKK 42 billion, equivalent to around SEK 65 billion/EUR 5.6 billion, in its manufacturing facilities in Ka...

Forskaren i Hagastaden nu invigd

Fastighetsföretaget Vecturas life science-center i Hagastaden, Forskaren, är nu invigd. Vid invigningen närvarade både folk från branschen, politiker och kungligheter.

Fullt godkännande i EU för Calliditas njurläkemedel – "Viktig händelse"

Calliditas läkemedel Kinpeygo har fått ett fullständigt godkännande från EU-kommissionen för behandling av vuxna med njursjukdomen IgA-nefropati, IgAN.

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...

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...

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

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 ...

Advancing 3D Culture Imaging: Insights from Academia, Biotech, and Pharma

Webinar | March 13, 2024, 12 PM EST.

Studier om immunförsvaret gav Lundaforskare Fernströmpriset

Joan Yuan, docent i immunologi vid Lunds universitet, tilldelas Eric K. Fernströms pris till yngre forskare för sina upptäckter om immunförsvaret. Och hon har f...

Trends and overview: ELRIG "Robotics and Automation"

Laboratories on the way to end-to-end automation: Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation technology boosted by pandemic

Behöver du vätskekylning under noll grader?

SMC erbjuder cirkulationskylare för en rad olika appikationer och temperaturer, minusgrader inkluderat. Kontakta oss så hittar vi rätt lösning för dig!

High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health

Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure t...

Abbvie flyttar in i Forskaren

Elekta, Astra Zeneca och ett tiotal andra life science-bolag är redan på plats. Nu flyttar även läkemedelsbolaget Abbvie sitt Sverigekontor till Forskaren i Hagastaden.

Medicinpriset till forskare som upptäckte mikro-RNA:s roll i genreglering

Årets Nobelpris i fysiologi eller medicin går till Victor Ambros och Gary Ruvkun för deras upptäckter om användningen av mikro-RNA inom posttransitionell genreglering.

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karol...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.