The Swedish government is to increase its investment in cancer care

The Swedish government wants to invest more in cancer and paediatric cancer care and proposes to allocate SEK 500 million per year for this purpose in the coming years.

“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...

Nytt läkemedel mot schizofreni godkänt i USA

För första gången på flera decennier har en ny typ av läkemedel mot schizofreni godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

Nya miljardbesparingar på Pfizer

Den amerikanske läkemedelsjätten Pfizer aviserar ett sparprogram som ska sänka bolagets kostnader med 1,5 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 16 miljarder kronor, und...

”Vi vill vara ett startup-företag med akademisk anda”

Långvarig smärta och alzheimer. Två sjukdomar som plågar många människor världen över och som verkar omöjliga att rå på. Men Huddingeföretaget Alzecure arbetar ...

From the sea of Åland to a self-test for lithium

Four years ago, a meeting on the sea of Åland resulted in the development of a self-test for lithium levels in the blood. The hopes are that the test will be av...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...

Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI

How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.

The Swedish Research Council gets go-ahead for more long-term funding

Following a government decision, the Swedish Research Council will soon be able to approve ten-year grant periods for funding research infrastructure, which may...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study

In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one...

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

Så mycket tjänar ingenjörer inom life science

Ny lönestatistik från fackförbundet Sveriges Ingenjörer visar att ingenjörer inom life science hamnar på en nionde plats när medellönerna för ingenjörer inom ol...

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...

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

Coronapandemin påskyndade utveckling av cancervaccin

Coronapandemin gav ett stort uppsving för vaccinfältet. Det vittnar danska biotechbolaget Expres2ion Biotechnologies om, som utvecklar ett vaccin mot bröstcancer.

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Smartcella värvar från Millipore Sigma

Biotech- och medtechbolaget Smartcella har utsett Nina Bauer till ny Chief Business Officer och Head of Smartwise.

Toppnamn till Smartcellas styrelse

KI-professorn Anna Martling och Regina Fritsche-Danielson, vetenskaplig ledare för Astra Zenecas forskningsanläggning i Göteborg, tar bägge plats i biotech- och...

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.

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Vi kalibrerar din lastcell

Vi erbjuder tjänsten att kalibrera och ställa in lastceller efter dina önskemål och krav. En service som tidigare erbjöds av WIKA i Tyskland men som vi nu tagit till Sverige.

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De tar plats på Siemens Healthineers

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