Irlab når ny milstolpe för behandling mot apati

Forskningsbolaget Irlab Therapeutics får en milstolpsbetalning på 2,5 miljoner dollar, motsvarande cirka 26 miljoner kronor, sedan ett nytt steg tagits i utveck...

Non-destructive testing and assembly control

Assess complete assembly.

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and...

Major investment in women’s health – for a more equal healthcare system

”The regional differences need to decrease and the long-term supply of midwives and other professions needs to be secured,” write Acko Ankarberg Johansson and D...

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Digitalt lyft för Life Science Sweden och resten av Nordiske Medier

Life Science Sweden är en av många branschtidningar som ges ut av B2B-förlaget Nordiske Medier, som nu kan erbjuda alla läsare en mer modern och användarvänlig plattform.

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.

Michael J. Foxs stiftelse ger pengar till svenskt bolag

Göteborgsbaserade företaget Irlab får finansiering från skådespelaren Michael J. Foxs stiftelse. Pengarna ska gå till en klinisk fas I-studie med företagets läk...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter

Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.

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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

BioArctic moves forward with its candidate for Parkinson’s

BioArctic announces positive early phase study results for its drug candidate for Parkinson’s disease.

Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”

A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.

Säkerhetsbrist i svensk programvara för bröstcancerscreening – kvinna avled

En brist i Sectras programvara ledde till att en kvinna med bröstcancer fick ett felaktigt besked. Hon avled senare. Programmet används i 20 av 21 regioner i Sv...

Tre gånger så många har dött av covid-19 enligt ny studie

18 miljoner människor – så många kan ha dött under pandemin, säger forskare bakom ny stor internationell studie. Det är tredubbelt fler än vad som tidigare rapp...

Aqilions licensdeal gav eko – ”Det var ett litet svenskt biotech som gjorde det”

Var extremt noga med dina vetenskapliga data, men lägg minst lika mycket tid och kraft på affärsutveckling. Det rådet ger Aqilions vd Sarah Fredriksson till bio...

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

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.

Vd-skifte på Hamlet Biopharma

Hamlet Biopharma utser tidigare styrelseordföranden Catharina Svanborg till ny vd. Hon ersätter Martin Erixon som lämnar bolaget med omedelbar verkan.

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for ...

High-performance Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization

ZEISS Axioscan 7 combines high speed digitization and outstanding image quality.

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.