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...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure t...

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...

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

Optimism på Xspray efter uppgörelse i patenttvist

En uppgörelse uppges ha nåtts i patenttvisten mellan svenska forskningsbolaget Xspray Pharma och läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) om cancerkandidaten Dasynoc.

Ett vaccin som världen väntar på: ”Kan ändra livet för många”

I ett laboratorium i Solna utvecklas ett vaccin som, om allt går i lås, kan rädda otaliga barns liv i låg- och medelinkomstländer. ”Det är viktigt för mig att j...

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

Beslut idag: 17 innovationsprojekt får finansiering

I tuff konkurrens har 17 nya innovationsprojekt inom life science valts ut och får finansiering via Medtech4health och Swelife.

Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“

You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good condit...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Alligator, Tataa, Ilya: Så valde bolagen sina namn – del 1

Att namnge ett företag kräver strategi, långsiktighet, juridiska kollar – och gärna ett mått av originalitet. Här är fem bolag inom life science med namn som st...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

Medicinpriset till forskare bakom mRNA och första covidvaccinen

Årets Nobelpris i fysiologi eller medicin går till förhandstippade Katalin Karikó och Drew Weissman från University of Pennsylvania.

Irlab tecknar avtal för utvärdering av neuropsykiatriska läkemedel

Det svenska forskningsbolaget Irlab Therapeutics har ingått ett avtal med McQaude Center for Strategic Research and Development (MRSD). Avtalet avser utvärderin...

Studie: Blodprov för att mäta hjärnpåverkan efter neurokirurgi

I framtiden tror forskare vid Göteborgs universitet att ett blodprov skulle kunna vara ett komplement till magnetkamera för att undersöka skador i samband med k...

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

TCO easy comparison of electric and pneumatic solutions

Find the right technology for your application and compare CO₂ emission and TCO The shown results are not based on a sizing calculation, parameters like service...