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...

Automated dispensing

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NorthX Biologics Matfors AB

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit video

An event full of experiences, talks, innovations, speeches, and state-of-the-art technology.

ZEISS presents the "Quality Innovation Summit"

A global event on the future of quality assurance.

An easy way to handle microtiter plate stacks

Do you want to automate handling of microtiter plates.? Have a look at a very simple solution on how to handle them.

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and ...

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...

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

Meribel Pharma Solna

Bud på Biotage – värderas till över 11 miljarder

Uppsalabaserade Biotage meddelade på tisdagen att det amerikanska investmentbolaget KKR har lagt ett kontantbud på biotechbolaget.

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 ...

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

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 that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark...

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimen...

Förlikning i babypuderskandal stoppas av domstol

Det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget Johnson & Johnson har för en andra gång fått avslag av en domare om en konkursansökan för dotterbolaget LTL Management, mest k...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

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.

Mästare på mätning: “A och O för life science”

Temperatur, fuktvärde, tryck. Avgörande faktorer i exempelvis ett labb – men många behöver hjälp att mäta rätt. Med en ny kalibreringsmetod blir Nordtec nu mark...

Larm om vaccinbrist efter utbrott av difteri i Västafrika

Ett allvarligt utbrott av difteri har drabbat Västafrika. Nu varnar Läkare utan gränser för brist på läkemedel och vaccin mot sjukdomen.

Exakt tryckreglering med Tescom – när precision är avgörande

OEM Automatic erbjuder ett brett sortiment av tryckregulatorer från Tescom – anpassade för att möta höga krav inom allt från gasleveranssystem till avancerad in...