Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation

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

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 ...

Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9...

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

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The Crucial Role of Core Imaging Facility Managers

User story from ZEISS and the University of York.

Nyckel till dödlig fästingburen sjukdom hittad av KI-forskare

Det extremt farliga Krim-Kongo blödarfebervirusets väg in i våra celler har identifierats av forskare vid Karolinska institutet – vilket kan bana väg för det fö...

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, ...

Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease

Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinat...

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Rekordstor donation till cancerforskning i Lund – ”Once in a lifetime-möjlighet”

Lunds universitet får den största donationen i lärosätets moderna historia, enligt ett pressmeddelande.

Jättestudie: Fördelarna med fetmaläkemedel – och riskerna

Läkemedel som Ozempic kan minska risken för en rad olika sjukdomar och hälsotillstånd, men också öka risken för andra komplikationer. Det enligt en stor amerika...

Ylva Trolle Lagerros: ”Vissa borde få läkemedel mot obesitas subventionerat”

Som ledande expert på obesitas har Ylva Trolle Lagerros synts mycket i media på sista tiden. I en intervju med Life Science Sweden talar hon om stigmat kring fe...

Chat GPT gav fel svar och hittade på referenser

Enligt en ny amerikansk studie kan Chat GPT vara farlig att vända sig till med medicinska frågor. Men att den hajpade chattboten hittar på egna fakta förvånar i...

Elypta awarded one million USD from the Star Trek creator’s foundation

Swedish company Elypta, which develops methods for early cancer detection, has been awarded one million USD from an unexpected source: a foundation set up in me...

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...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

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...

Study: Semaglutide tablet produces weight loss

The pharmaceutical semaglutide is effective for weight loss even when given in tablet form, according to a phase 3 study.

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.