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.

It´s time to establish relations

Communication with the patient is the key to future healthcare, writes Hanna Brodda, editor in chief of Life Science Sweden.

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the tria...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

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 ...

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

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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...

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...

CTR etablerar företag i Nederländerna

Svenska Center for Translational Research, CTR, etablerar sig nu för första gången utanför Sverige genom att starta företag i Nederländerna.

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing: Copenhagen 2026

Beslut idag: 17 innovationsprojekt får finansiering

I tuff konkurrens har 17 nya innovationsprojekt inom life science valts ut och får finansiering via Medtech4health och Swelife.

Michael J. Foxs stiftelse ger pengar till svenskt bolag

Göteborgsbaserade företaget Irlab får finansiering från skådespelaren Michael J. Foxs stiftelse. Pengarna ska gå till en klinisk fas I-studie med företagets läk...

Fuskanklagat pharmabolag lägger ner alzheimerprojekt

Amerikanska Cassava Sciences avbryter utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat inom Alzheimers sjukdom efter misslyckande i en fas III-studie

Stopp för subventionerad botox vid skönhetsingrepp

Läkemedel med botulinumtoxin A – den aktiva substansen i botox – ska inte subventioneras längre när de används för estetisk injektionsbehandling.

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The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

Sobis läkemedel för blödarsjuka får grönt ljus i EU

Det svenska särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi har fått ett positivt omdöme i EU för sin nya behandling mot hemofili A. I ett utlåtande från den europeiska läkemedelsmyn...

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tin...

Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation

Hindrik Mulder, professor vid Lunds universitet, får Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize för sin forskning på diabetes.

WHO utfärdar globalt nödläge efter mpox-utbrott

Världshälsoorganisationen WHO har återigen utlyst globalt nödläge på grund spridningen av mpox, tidigare kallat apkoppor.