“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare

Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new mi...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster

Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish gov...

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Läkemedelsbolag misstänks för prissamarbete – razzior i Sverige och Danmark

Svenska Konkurrensverket och dess danska motsvarighet har genomfört tillslag mot flera företag som misstänks för otillåten samordning av prisnivåer på generiska läkemedel.

CCRM Nordic rekryterar vetenskaplig chef

Anna Falk, professor vid Lunds universitet, blir Chief Scientific Officer på CCRM Nordic.

Effektivisera din produktion med Definox piggingsystem

Vill du optimera din produktion, minska spill och samtidigt göra en lönsam investering? Med Definox piggingsystem, som erbjuds av OEM Automatic, kan du spara bå...

Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”

”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigå...

Forskningscenter stoppas på grund av brister – ”Väldigt allvarligt”

Forskning som bedrivs utan tillstånd. Bristande kvalitetssäkring. Personuppgifter som hanteras felaktigt. Kritiken mot arbetet på Center for Bionics and Pain Re...

Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation

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

AI hjälper till att kartlägga biologiska processer

Forskare vid Göteborgs universitet har med hjälp av AI i detalj kartlagt på vilket sätt celler och partiklar rör sig i levande materia. Studien presenteras i de...

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Johan Rockberg tilldelas årets Biotech Builders Award

Johan Rockberg, professor på KTH, har tilldelats priset Biotech Builders Award för “betydande bidrag på bioteknikområdet”.

The art of building a biologic drug

The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “W...

“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...

CTR förvärvar kontraktsforskningsbolag

Bolagsgruppen Center for Translational Research, CTR, utökar sin portfölj inom bland annat farmakovigilans genom förvärv av kontraktsforskningsbolaget A+ Science.

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.

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish ...

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.