BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

Studie: Blodprov för att mäta hjärnpåverkan efter neurokirurgi

I framtiden tror forskare vid Göteborgs universitet att ett blodprov skulle kunna vara ett komplement till magnetkamera för att undersöka skador i samband med k...

Faster development of reliable sample handling

Festo USA has collaborated with PerkinElmer to develop a compact sample handling solution for a global leader in manufacturing medical devices. Thanks to the cu...

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and...

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...

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 ...

Protein hjälper cancerceller att utveckla resistens mot cytostatika

Olika cytostatika attackerar cancerceller på olika sätt, med syftet att de ska dö. Ett sätt är att angripa cancercellernas DNA.

Studie: Svår covid-19 ger försvagat immunförsvar i minst ett halvår

Allvarlig covid-19-sjukdom påverkar immunförsvaret negativt i minst ett halvår efter tillfrisknandet, enligt en studie från Linköpings universitet.

Första pillret mot förlossningsdepression godkänt i USA

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

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

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...

Samarbeten mellan stora svenska och nederländska aktörer förlängs

För ett år sedan tecknades fyra överenskommelser mellan svenska och nederländska aktörer inom life science. Nu förlängs samarbetena.

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Irlab tecknar avtal för utvärdering av neuropsykiatriska läkemedel

Det svenska forskningsbolaget Irlab Therapeutics har ingått ett avtal med McQaude Center for Strategic Research and Development (MRSD). Avtalet avser utvärderin...

Test ska visa om antibiotika fungerar

En metod utvecklad av forskare från Karolinska insitutet ska kunna hjälpa till att visa om bakterier svarar på en antibiotikabehandling. De har nu startat ett f...

Uppgörelse klar om Henrietta Lacks odödliga celler

Sedan över 70 år lever Henrietta Lacks celler vidare i laboratorier världen över, och har bidragit till medicinsk forskning som räddat otaliga liv. Själv visste...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...