Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark...

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karol...

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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.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Amrop Malmö AB

Ovanlig genetisk sjukdom behandlad i livmodern för första gången

Ett barn har för första gången behandlats mot spinal muskelatrofi redan i magen på sin mamma. Barnet, som nu är två och ett halvt år gammalt, visar inga symptom...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

Optimism hos Astra Zeneca efter positiv astmastudie

Nya, positiva studieresultat gör att Astra Zeneca hoppas på ett utvidgat användningsområde för astmaläkemedlet Airsupra.

Dubbla bakslag för ALS-projekt – ”Inte vad vi hoppats på”

Förhoppningarna om att utveckla en ny typ av behandling mot nervsjukdomen ALS har fått sig en törn när två läkemedelskandidater misslyckats med att nå sina prim...

Orexo avslutar partnerskap kring digital depressionsterapi

Det svenska läkemedelsbolaget Orexo har beslutat att inte satsa vidare på stödprogrammet vid depression, Deprexis, på den amerikanska marknaden. Avtalet med den...

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

A modular system for precise and automated cell dispensing

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

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.

Jätteanslag till medicinsk grundforskning – åtta projekt delar på 227 miljoner

Mekanismerna bakom kronisk smärta, en atlas över tarmbarriären och B-cellsminnets outforskade dimensioner är några av de åtta grundforskningsprojekt inom medici...

Mavatar AB

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...

Medicon Village Science Park

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...

Första pillret mot förlossningsdepression godkänt i USA

Den första orala behandlingen specifikt inriktad på förlossningsdepression har godkänts av FDA.

Lonza

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.