Nya namn när Navinci Diagnostics satsar framåt

Uppsalabaserade Navinci Diagnostics har utsett Eva Pisa till ny styrelseordförande, och anställt Caroline Gallant som ny Chief Technology officer. Dessutom har ...

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish ...

Ny COO på Immunovia

Karl Stone, grundare av Oxford Gene Technology och tidigare verksamhetschef på Medicines Discovery Catapult, Lighthouse Lab, tar nu steget in i Immunovias ledni...

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...

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...

Diamyd får tung finansiering för fortsatt diabetesstudie

Forskningsbolaget Diamyd Medical har ingått ett fyraårigt samarbete med JDRF, en internationell organisation för forskning och opinionsbildning inom typ 1-diabetes.

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

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...

Nya namn i Calmarks ledning

Medicinteknikbolaget Calmark har utsett Camilla Arneving till tillförordnad vd. Hon ersätter Anna Söderlund som tar en paus av hälsoskäl. Bolaget tillsätter äve...

Nya namn i Calmarks ledning

Medicinteknikbolaget Calmark har utsett Camilla Arneving till tillförordnad vd. Hon ersätter Anna Söderlund som tar en paus av hälsoskäl. Bolaget tillsätter äve...

Hon är ny medicinsk chef på Medivir

Forskningsbolaget Medivir har anställt Pia Baumann som Chief Medical Officer. Hon kommer bland annat att få det övergripande ansvaret för den kliniska utvecklin...

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

”En stor energiinjektion i hela cancervaccinfältet”

På senare år har utvecklingen av vaccin mot cancer gått allt snabbare. Norska Ultimovacs är en av de företag som försöker ta fram en ny typ av behandlingslinje ...

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...

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

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 ...

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

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...

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

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.