Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions

Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 20...

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

Webinar: Clinical evaluation and clinical investigation of medical devices

Whether you are a small medtech company or a large one, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone curious about how clinical studies on medical devices are conducted.

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

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, ...

Anna Törner: “My quantified life”

“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the mor...

Ny chef för NIH lovar omfattande reformer

Läkaren Jay Bhattacharya utses av Donald Trump att leda USA:s forskningsinstitut NIH, med en budget på nära 50 miljarder dollar, som han lovar att reformera i grunden.

Sociala medier hittar försökspersoner

Det är ofta svårt att rekrytera personer till kliniska studier. Att använda sociala medier visar sig nu mycket framgångsrikt.

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...

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

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 t...

Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

Ett vaccin som världen väntar på: ”Kan ändra livet för många”

I ett laboratorium i Solna utvecklas ett vaccin som, om allt går i lås, kan rädda otaliga barns liv i låg- och medelinkomstländer. ”Det är viktigt för mig att j...

Optimism på Xspray efter uppgörelse i patenttvist

En uppgörelse uppges ha nåtts i patenttvisten mellan svenska forskningsbolaget Xspray Pharma och läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) om cancerkandidaten Dasynoc.

Brasilien utrotar fruktad sjukdom

Världens sjätte folkrikaste land, Brasilien, har lyckats utrota parasitsjukdomen lymfatisk filariasis, även kallad elefantiasis eller elefantsjuka.

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

Västsvenska life science-aktörer rattar EU-projekt inom precisionsmedicin

Ett nytt projekt ska koppla samman innovationssystem i hela Europa för att få fart på implementeringen av precisionsmedicin. Och spindel i nätet är en rad tunga...

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 ...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

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...

Britta Björkholm blir SBU:s nya generaldirektör

Regeringen har utsett Britta Björkholm till ny generaldirektör för Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering, SBU.