Yxan går hos läkemedelsjätte – över 2 000 jobb ska bort

Bristol Myers Squibb planerar stora neddragningar. Omkring 2 200 av bolagets anställda väntas få gå när läkemedelsjätten ska skära i kostnaderna.

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

EMA-granskning bekräftar risk för ny cancer efter CAR-T

CAR-T-terapier mot cancer kan i sällsynta fall ge upphov till sekundära cancersjukdomar. Det slås nu fast av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA, som kräve...

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as...

Microscope and measuring machine in one

ZEISS O-INSPECT duo covers two essential applications in quality assurance.

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.

Brexit looking back and looking forward

More than 3 years have passed after the vote and there is still uncertainty around the outcome although the UK December 12 election set a clearer course towards...

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

Behandling av prostatacancer får positivt EU-utlåtande

Prostataläkemedlet Xtandi har nu fått ett positivt utlåtande i EU av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA:s rådgivande grupp CHMP.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Ny finansiering ska ta Linköpingsbolagets sensorsystem vidare

Linköpingsbolaget Argus Eye, som utvecklar sensorsystem för biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 32,5 miljoner kronor i en finansieringsrunda.

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.

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...

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her openi...

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...

Event om biologiska läkemedel fyllde tio

Under torsdagen förra veckan arrangerades Life Science Swedens event New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing för tionde gången.

Nobelpris för kvantforskning i kirurgins tjänst

Tv-skärmar, LED-lampor – och medicinsk kirurgi – är områden som dragit nytta av forskningen som belönas med årets Nobelpris i kemi. Priset går till tre forskare...

Storförvärv ska öka Novo Nordisks produktionskapacitet

Novo Holding, största ägare i danska läkemedelsjätten Novo Nordisk, förvärvar den amerikanska kontraktstillverkaren Catalent i en affär på 16,5 miljarder dollar...

Ny specialtidning och nytt event i Köpenhamn – Det händer hos Life Science Sweden 2024

Det nya året bjuder på nyheter för Life Science Swedens läsare.

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.