“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

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Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

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

This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster

Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish gov...

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Så vill hon få life science-företag att växa

Rätt person med rätt kompetens vid rätt tid. Det är nyckeln till framgång enligt Eva Rämme Bremberg, som nu startar ett nytt rekryteringsföretag inom life science.

WHO utfärdar globalt nödläge efter mpox-utbrott

Världshälsoorganisationen WHO har återigen utlyst globalt nödläge på grund spridningen av mpox, tidigare kallat apkoppor.

Forskningscenter stoppas på grund av brister – ”Väldigt allvarligt”

Forskning som bedrivs utan tillstånd. Bristande kvalitetssäkring. Personuppgifter som hanteras felaktigt. Kritiken mot arbetet på Center for Bionics and Pain Re...

Olinkgrundare kan få tungt europeiskt uppfinnarpris

Två av forskarna bakom Olinks succé, Ulf Landegren och Simon Fredriksson, har utsetts till finalister i European Inventor Award 2024 för sina upptäckter inom st...

Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA

The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.

KI får 46 miljoner kronor från Barncancerfonden

Barncancerfonden delar ut 140 miljoner kronor under december till barncancerforskning. Karolinska institutet är den största mottagaren med 46 miljoner kronor.

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by J...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Ny vd för AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals

AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals har utsett Sofia Opitz till ny vd. Hon kommer närmast från en tjänst som Country Manager för Sverige, Norge och Danmark på företaget Biocodex.

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

Bio Europe intar Stockholm i höst – ”Det svenska ekosystemet tar nu tillfället i akt”

Den internationella life science-konferensen Bio Europe kommer i november för första gången till Sverige. Konferensen, vars program tar inspiration av ABBA-låta...

Flera uppdrag till ny chef på Sobi

Svenska Sobi har nu stärkt upp internt. Lydia Abad-Franch har utsetts till bland annat Head of R&D och Chief Medical Officer för läkemedelsföretaget.

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...

Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse

The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala resear...

Nytt miljardförvärv stärker Astra Zeneca inom radiofarmaka

Astra Zeneca satsar inom radioaktiva läkemedel genom att köpa Fusion Pharmaceuticals för upp till 2,4 miljarder dollar, motsvarande drygt 25 miljarder kronor.

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...