She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare

Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new mi...

Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively ...

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

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.

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

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 ...

Ossiform: Quality control of 3D printed bone implants

Ossiform chose the GOM Scan 1.

Stayble får europeiskt patent för engångsbehandling mot diskbråck

Stayble Therapeutics är på väg att beviljas ett europeiskt patent för sin behandling av diskbråck.

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Tidig operation gav bättre överlevnad i prostatacancer

Operation direkt av prostatacancer gav längre livslängd för patienterna än ett mer avvaktande tillvägagångssätt i en 30 år lång skandinavisk studie ledd från Up...

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Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

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Leo Pharmas nyförvärv floppade i studie

Danska Leo Pharmas läkemedelskandidat mot hudsjukdomen kongenial iktyos har misslyckats i en fas III-studie.

Bioarctic fälls för vd-uttalanden till journalist – efter anmälan från konkurrent

I ett vägledande utslag fälls alzheimerbolaget Bioarctic för uttalanden som bolagets vd gjorde till en ekonomijournalist i somras.

Eva Arlander rekryteras av Index Pharmaceuticals

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Index Pharmaceuticals har anställt Eva Arlander som Chief Development Officer och medlem i bolagets nya ledningsgrupp. Samtidigt genomförs...

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.

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.