A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

Forskare undersöker samband mellan covid-19 och demens

"Hjärndimma" är ett av de symtom som beskrivits efter infektion med sars-cov-2. Forskare i Indien pekar på att demensrelaterade besvär kan tillta hos patienter ...

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometime...

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

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Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by J...

Flyttar gränser för gen- och cellterapi

”Vi är bra på att vara innovativa och flytta gränser inom gen- och cellterapi och den här studien symboliserar det på ett tydligt sätt”, säger Evelina Vågesjö, ...

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

Fjärrprogrammerad behandling för patienter med nervsmärta

Behandling av neuropatisk smärta i hjärna och ryggmärg kan nu följas upp och omprogrammeras på distans vid Akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala.

Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world

Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work agains...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

SMC breddar sortimentet för cobots

Den här gången är det vårt kompletta allt-i-ett vakuumgripdon ZXP7 samt kompakta, pneumatiska gripdonet JMHZ2 med mycket låg vikt, som släpps i utförande för Kawasakis cobots.

Inför branschmötet: "Svensk biotech har mognat"

Att välja rätt partner eller leverantör kan vara avgörande för hur ett växande företag inom life science-sektorn klarar sig – och det har allt fler insett. Det ...

Studienamn med attityd – viktigare än man kan tro

Ironman, T-rex, Star-trec. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nej, det handlar varken om fantasyfilmer eller hundnamn. Utan om benämningar på pågående cancerstudier i Sverige.

Den enes snor blir den andres bot

Snortransplantation – ordet ger rysningar. Nu presenteras en studie där skånska patienter med kronisk tjock snuva, förbättrades efter att ha använt nässprej inn...

Bayer startar ny fas III-studie för kronisk njursvikt

Bayer ska undersöka effekten av finerenone hos patienter med kronisk njursjukdom utan diabetes.

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

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...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark...