Astra Zeneca lägger ut miljonbelopp i Ryssland – ”Varken acceptabelt eller försvarligt”

Svensk-brittiska Astra Zeneca har spenderat mångmiljonbelopp i Ryssland efter krigsutbrottet. Det handlar bland annat om bidrag, donationer, genomföranden av st...

Novartis förvärvar strokebolag i mångmiljardaffär

Den schweiziska läkemedelsjätten Novartis förvärvar Anthos Therapeutics för upp till 3,1 miljarder dollar, motsvarande närmare 34 miljarder kronor.

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...

Higher throughput in less time

Do you want to automate your quality processes, shorten inspection times and increase your throughput? Gain inspiration from the experience of the medical techn...

Nya varianten av covid JN.1 klassas som en ”variant of interest”

JN.1 ökar snabbt i olika delar av världen, bland annat i Sverige. Världshälsoorganisationen WHO klassificerar nu varianten som en ”variant of interest” (VOI).

En slang med många möjligheter

Med hygieniska slangar från Xtraflex har vi slangar som passar väl för applikationer inom dryck-, livsmedel-, läkemedel-, och kosmetikaindustrin.

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Collaboration in laboratory automation

The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with high throughput, working very closely together with Festo. As a resu...

Finansiering inom life science – ”Det har varit en tuff period utan tvekan”

Tuffa ekonomiska tider avspeglas inom life science-sektorn. Hur ska man tänka i dagens klimat och är vi på väg mot ljusare tider? Det diskuterades under ett pan...

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.

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.

The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay

Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the ...

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

Ny CBO hos Bioinvent

Cancerforskningsföretaget Bioinvent har rekryterat Sylvie Ryckebusch till rollen som Chief Business Officer.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

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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

Isländskt bolag tar över delar av Xbrane – planerar ”stark närvaro” i svensk life science

Xbrane säljer sin FoU-verksamhet med 40 anställda, och ett av sina biosimilarprojekt, till isländska Alvotech. Prislappen landar på 275 miljoner kronor – och Xb...

Enabling 3D Multiplexing Spatial Omics Workflows in Neuroscience

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.

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...

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

Virusprofessorn om hotet från X – ”Nästa pandemi kan bli värre”

Frågan är inte om, utan när vi drabbas av ett nytt okänt virus, som orsakar ännu en pandemi. Är vi tillräckligt förberedda? ”Absolut inte!”, svarar virusforskar...