Lundaprofessorn Elin Trägårdh får stort medicinpris

Professor Elin Trägårdh får LMK-stiftelsens medicinpris på 600 000 kronor för utvecklingen av en AI-modell som automatiskt hittar tumörer i prostata, lymfkörtlar och skelett.

Björn Arvidsson: ”Framtiden byggs inte av solospelare”

Björn Arvidsson skriver om vikten av samarbete och tillit mellan hälso- och sjukvården och life science-branschen.

EMA varnar för icke godkända cellterapier

Icke godkända, och därmed olagliga, avancerade terapiläkemedel marknadsförs till patienter i Europa. Det uppger den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA, som nu...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job...

Bioscience – Groundbreaking Research & Diagnostics: Stockholm (2026)

The Swedish Life Science Office: “We lost in both coordination and manpower”

Since the turn of the year, the Swedish government’s life science office has operated at a lower capacity. Life Science Sweden has spoken to Pontus Holm, Depart...

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

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He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

Pfizer värvar FDA-topp – kritiseras hårt

Läkemedelsjätten Pfizers rekrytering av Patrizia Cavazzoni, tills helt nyligen toppchef vid FDA, som ny medicinsk chef får frän kritik från flera håll.

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

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...

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometime...

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.

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

FDA:s rådgivande vaccinmöte inställt – utan förklaring

Ett årligt möte mellan FDA och deras rådgivande vaccinkommitté ställs in.

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...

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...

Webinar: What is Regulatory Affairs?

This webinar is intended for those who work within the life science sector and would like to gain a general understanding of regulatory affairs for human medicinal products.

Digitala tvillingar blir verklighet i primärvården – ”Som en tamagotchi”

Att möta sin egen digitala tvilling och se vad som händer med kroppen om man slutar röka eller ändrar diet? Det ska testas vid besök på vårdcentraler i Östergötland.

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

Han utvecklar AI-modeller för cancerdiagnostik

Det finns ett stort behov för tids- och kostnadseffektiv precisionsdiagnostik vid cancer. Det menar forskaren Mattias Rantalainen som arbetar med att ta fram lö...

Astra Zeneca gör ny mångmiljardsatsning i Kina – bygger forskningscentrum i Peking

Astra Zeneca har beslutat att satsa 2,5 miljarder dollar, motsvarande drygt 25 miljarder kronor, på ett nytt globalt forskningscentrum i Kinas huvudstad Peking.

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