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...

Reformation eller utbildning? Så kan rovtidskrifterna stoppas

Olika försök har gjorts för att komma till rätta med rovtidskrifterna. Röster höjs för att reformera meriteringssystemet, medan andra lyfter vikten av utbildnin...

Miljardsatsning ska få forskare att lämna USA för EU

Vita husets krav på ökat inflytande över universiteten har väckt oro för hotad akademisk frihet. Nu ska en ny EU-förorning locka amerikanska forskare till Europ...

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 ...

Trump i nytt försök att pressa läkemedelspriser

USA:s president Donald Trump meddelade på söndagen att han tänker underteckna en presidentorder för att sänka priserna på receptbelagda läkemedel till samma niv...

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

Pfizer internrekryterar – Mikael Dolstens efterträdare utsedd

Chris Boshoff blir ny FoU-chef på Pfizer vid årsskiftet. Han efterträder Mikael Dolsten, som efter 15 år lämnar bolaget.

Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”

With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve...

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.

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that i...

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.

Gilead står fast vid hivsatsning – trots hotad finansiering

Gilead Sciences planerar fortfarande att leverera sitt hiv-läkemedel till låginkomstländer om det godkänns i USA, trots osäker finansiering efter Trumpadministr...

Metabolon

The first Lyme disease vaccine faces a delay

Pfizer and Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine, which could be the first of its kind, is facing delays of about a year. The reason is problems at trial sites in the ...

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter o...

“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...

Från Finland till Sverige – han är BMS nya vd i Norden

Evris Michalopoulos har utsetts till ny vd för Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) i Sverige och Norden. Han kommer närmast från rollen som vd för BMS Finland.

Takeda Sverige hämtar vd från Danmark

Takeda Sverige har utsett Roland Kurney till ny vd.

Medicon Valley Alliance

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.

Svenske Martin Kulldorff bland nya vaccinrådgivare – utnämnd av Kennedy

USA:s hälsominister Robert Kennedy Jr. utsåg på onsdagen åtta nya ledamöter till CDC:s rådgivande vaccinkommitté (ACIP), efter att plötsligt ha avskedat hela de...

“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 ...