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 ...

Olika bud om distansarbete – ”Vi ber vår personal att komma tillbaka till kontoret”

Hur viktigt är det för life science-bolagen att erbjuda distansarbete? Den frågan väckte debatt och fick många olika svar vid en paneldiskussion om talangrekryt...

He takes over the chairmanship of Karolinska Development

Ben Toogood is appointed as the new chairman of Karolinska Developments.

New diagnostic rules raise concerns

In a panel discussion, several voices from academia and the industry expressed concerns about the transition to the new regulatory framework for in-vitro diagno...

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting ap...

Christina Lloyd: ”Vi måste koppla kvinnohälsa till ledarskap”

Nätverket Vilda, som verkar för att stärka kvinnligt ledarskap och främja jämställdhet inom life science, har på kort tid vuxit i medlemsantal. Nu är siktet ins...

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the ...

Doge backar om nedläggning av viktigt FDA-labb

Trumpadministrationen drar efter kritik tillbaka beslutet att stänga ett av FDA:s viktigaste laboratorier för läkemedelskontroll.

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Eli Lilly förvärvar Siteone – får tillgång till smärtkandidat

Eli Lilly planerar att förvärva biopharmabolaget Siteone Therapeutics, vilket bedöms stärka den amerikanska läkemedelsjättens satsningen på att utveckla icke-op...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

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Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.

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Webinar: AI i verkligheten

AI för tillverkande och distribuerande företag - vilka möjligheter finns?

Kennedy stoppar bidrag till vaccinalliansen Gavi

USA kommer inte längre ge ekonomiskt stöd till Gavi förrän den globala vaccinalliansen ”återvunnit allmänhetens förtroende”. Det meddelar USA:s hälsominister Ro...