40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

Quality assurance for research and development of medical devices

Overcome the hurdles of research, development, and QA lab environments within the regulated medical technology industry.

Advancing Drug Discovery by Combining Complex In-Vitro Models with AI-Powered 3D/4D Image Analysis

Free webinar organized by ZEISS.

Lundabolag tar in dryg miljard för fortsatt expansion

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Camurus har tillförts närmare 1,1 miljarder kronor i en riktad nyemission.

Novartis kandidat visar signifikant effekt mot autoimmun sjukdom

Novartis rapporterar positiva resultat för sin läkemedelskandidat ianalumab, som prövats i en sen klinisk fas som behandling för den autoimmuna systemsjukdomen ...

Orexo får USA-stöd för överdosläkemedel vid blandmissbruk

Uppsalabolaget Orexo har fått 8 miljoner dollar, motsvarande 75 miljoner kronor, av den amerikanska myndigheten Barda för att ta fram ett nasalt räddningsläkeme...

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...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

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.

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science (2026)

Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic

A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assess...

Event: Drug Development – Serendipity or Science

Drug development is a challenging journey, we will discuss questions you may not even consider asking. SDS and Medicon Village welcome you to an engaging afternoon.

WuXi AppTec, UK Ltd

Ny motgång för Pfizers satsning inom obesitas

Pfizers ambitioner inom obesitas har fått sig en ny törn. Nu lägger bolaget ner ännu ett GLP-1-projekt.

Astra Zeneca förvärvar belgiskt biotechbolag

Läkemedelsbolaget Astra Zeneca har ingått ett avtal om att förvärva bioteknikbolaget Esobiotec, som utvecklar in vivo-cellterapier.

Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot om Kina: ”Väldigt öppet”

Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot hyllade Kina som ”väldigt öppet” och ”välkomnande” under ett event i Peking i helgen.

Eli Lilly to build a USD 2.5-billion plant in Germany

US-based Eli Lilly is planning a huge investment of USD 2.5 billion, equivalent to around SEK 26.5 billion, in a new production facility in Alzey, Germany.

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Abbvies storsäljare inom reumatism visade fina resultat mot håravfall

Ett välkänt läkemedel mot reumatism visar tecken på att även vara en effektiv behandling mot fläckvis håravfall.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Hansa tar in 372 miljoner inför USA-lansering: "Starkt intresse"

Lundbaserade Hansa Biopharma har tagit in 372,2 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission där flera amerikanska specialistinvesterare deltar.

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...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.