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...

Sensorer som lossnar och buggar i appar – fler klagomål på medicinteknik

Läkemedelsverkets nya e-tjänst för anmälan av problem med medicintekniska produkter har lett till en markant ökning av rapporter från privatpersoner. Särskilt m...

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...

Webinar: Clinical evaluation and clinical investigation of medical devices

Whether you are a small medtech company or a large one, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone curious about how clinical studies on medical devices are conducted.

Analytiker avvisar Sedanas förklaring: ”Påverkar försäljningen”

Sedana Medical rasade med närmare 50 procent på börsen efter publicering av studieresultat inom andnöd.

Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”

Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

Ny mpox-variant sprids från Kongo – ökad efterfrågan på vaccin

En dödligare variant av mpox sprids från Demokratiska Republiken Kongo och utgör en risk för barn. Viruset orsakar feber, huvudvärk, muskelvärk, smärtsamma böld...

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

Nytt läkemedel ska förenkla behandling av blödarsjuka

En ny typ av behandling mot hemofili, som bara behöver ges varannan månad, har godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide

Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out...

VGR anmäler Millennium – hade kunnat orsaka dödsfall

Problemen var omfattande de dagar Millennium var i bruk på Södra Älvsborgs sjukhus. Nu anmäler Västra Götalandsregionen en rad händelser som innebar stora riske...

Tanklock för dina tankar

I vårt sortiment erbjuder vi ett brett utbud av trycklösa luckor från vår tillverkare Zimmerlin. Luckorna görs i hög kvalité utefter de höga renlighetskrav som ...

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Copenhagen (2026)

Digital Temperature Sensors from ZEISS

New Metrology Expert Tip video.

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

A modular system for precise and automated cell dispensing

How the benefits of laboratory automation can be combined with gentle cell handling.

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...