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The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.

Snabb installation och rätt reglering

AS-DPX från SMC är en smart avluftare/ljuddämpare med reglerfunktion och indikator för enkel och korrekt inställning av cylinderhastigheten.

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.

Han är ny på Sahlgrenska Science Park

Mats Hellström är Sahlgrenska Science Parks nya Lab Manager. I hans nya roll ska han se över satsningen Health Innovation Labs.

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvan...

Studie: Klent stöd för nyttan av många nya cancerläkemedel

Nya cancerläkemedel lanseras i strid ström, men sker det för fort? Enligt en studie från Göteborgs universitet saknas det i många fall vetenskapligt stöd för at...

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...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

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 ...

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

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...

Årets patientföreträdare utsedd på konferens

Under måndagen utsågs Årets Patientföreträdare 2022 på konferensen Fokus Patient. Priset gick i år till Föreningen för Hörselskadade och Döva barn med familjer.

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...

Nytt samarbete kring app för bättre följsamhet av medicinering

Pilloxas app ska användas av Chiesi för att stöda patienter med en sällsynt genetisk sjukdom.

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

App ökar följsamhet

Hjärtmedicin räddar liv, men det är en viktig detalj. De måste tas för att fungera. Nu visar en studie att en app hjälper patienten till ökad följsamhet.

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...

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 adv...

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.

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...