Danska läkemedelsfonder investerar i talangfabrik

Novo Nordisk Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation och Leo Foundation investerar 123 miljoner danska kronor, motsvarande omkring 188 miljoner svenska kronor, i ett ny...

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her openi...

Suing the company – for NOT developing a new HIV drug

Was Gilead putting a steady flow of profits from its cash cow ahead of developing a new and safer drug? According to a large number of US HIV patients in a lega...

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The life science strategy – what the industry wants

The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s compe...

Smartcella värvar från Millipore Sigma

Biotech- och medtechbolaget Smartcella har utsett Nina Bauer till ny Chief Business Officer och Head of Smartwise.

Asgard, Aniara och Astra Zeneca: Så valde bolagen sina namn – del 2

Trojaner, litterära klassiker och bisarra konspirationsteorier – här kommer den sista artikeln i vår serie om företagsnamn inom life science.

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the tria...

Här hamnar nya nationella innovationsklustret

Mölndal och Goco Health Innovation City blir platsen för ett nytt nationell innovationskluster för avancerade terapier. Näringslivet och staten delar på kostnad...

Setback for Moderna in patent dispute with mRNA competitors

Moderna has suffered a setback in a patent battle against their worst competitors in covid vaccines, Biontech and its partner Pfizer.

Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?

Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

A new giant among our microscopes

Two technologies in one machine.

Läkemedelsbolag skänker nödläkemedel till marburgdrabbade Rwanda

Gilead Sciences har beslutat att skänka 5 000 doser av antivirusläkemedlet remdesivir till Rwanda för nödanvändning under det pågående utbrottet av den fruktade...

An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”

Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Över...

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Astra Zeneca-vd och KI-professor blir rådgivare åt regeringen

Regeringen har nu tillsatt en ny forskningsberedning som består av experter från både akademin och industrin.

Biotech-entreprenör och sci-fi-författare – ”För att koppla av började jag skriva”

Han har grundat Lundabolaget Iconovo, författat en trilogi sci-fi-deckare och drömmer om en Netflix-serie baserad på hans egna böcker. ”Det roligaste är att ta ...

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

Nya Astra Zeneca-vd:n: "Ett superspännande skede"

Snart 27 år har gått sedan Södertäljesonen Per Alfredsson klev in på Astra Zeneca som nyanställd ingenjör. Efter ett otal olika roller, bland annat som ansvarig...

Medeon AB

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered b...

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...