Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

Collaboration in laboratory automation

The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with high throughput, working very closely together with Festo. As a resu...

Bio Europe intar Stockholm i höst – ”Det svenska ekosystemet tar nu tillfället i akt”

Den internationella life science-konferensen Bio Europe kommer i november för första gången till Sverige. Konferensen, vars program tar inspiration av ABBA-låta...

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The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

Ny medicinsk chef på Vicore Pharma

Läkaren Bertil Lindmark blir ny medicinsk chef, Chief Medical Officer, för Vicore Pharma.

Nytt miljardförvärv stärker Astra Zeneca inom radiofarmaka

Astra Zeneca satsar inom radioaktiva läkemedel genom att köpa Fusion Pharmaceuticals för upp till 2,4 miljarder dollar, motsvarande drygt 25 miljarder kronor.

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

Uppsalabolag fick rätt i viktig patenttvist – men beslutet överklagas

En amerikansk distriktsdomstol har beslutat till Orexos fördel i en tvist om patentet som skyddar det svenska bolagets behandling Zubsolv för patienter med opio...

Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse

The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala resear...

CTR förvärvar kontraktsforskningsbolag

Bolagsgruppen Center for Translational Research, CTR, utökar sin portfölj inom bland annat farmakovigilans genom förvärv av kontraktsforskningsbolaget A+ Science.

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...

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

3 trender som påverkar dig inom Life Science

Förändrade regelverk, ökad konkurrens och nya förväntningar ställer krav på dig som är verksam inom Life Science. För att förbli konkurrenskraftig krävs nya idé...

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

Venom from the deathstalker carries radiopharmaceuticals to the brain

In order to target cancerous brain tumours with radionuclides, the problematic blood-brain barrier must first be crossed. Life Science Sweden has visited a KI r...

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

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.

Larm: Varningsnätverk för globala sjukdomsutbrott kan kollapsa

Varningssystemet för sjukdomsutbrott, Pro Med, som bland annat var en av de första att varna världen om covid-19 tycks vara nära kollaps.

Allvarlig variant av mpox på frammarsch

En särskilt farlig och potentiellt dödlig typ av mpox-virus sprider sig i Kongo-Kinshasa.

”Bilder är det perfekta målet för AI”

Allt fler lösningar baserade på artificiell intelligens utvecklas och används i vården. Radiologi är ett område som lämpar sig väl för tekniken. Det menar Sophi...

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.

The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.