Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

Säker avluftning och koll på läget – ISO 13849-1

Nya VP546/746 från SMC är en 3-ports magnetventil med avluftning, enligt säkerhetsstandard ISO 13849-1.

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.

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...

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide

Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out...

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Budet på Sobi förlängs – men sockras inte

Budet på det svenska läkemedelsbolaget Sobi förlängs, men höjs inte. Det meddelar budbolaget Agnafit Bidco.

Universitet erbjuder platser till ukrainska forskare

Forskningslaboratorier världen över öppnar sina dörrar för forskare från Ukraina. Vid Stockholms universitet står nu flera kemilabb beredda att ta emot ukrainska kollegor.

Patient som fick grishjärta återhämtar sig – inga tecken på avstötning

Den amerikanske man som fick ett genmodifierat grishjärta transplanterat i början av året återhämtar sig fortfarande på sjukhus. Efter fem veckor syns inga teck...

The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.

The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to ...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful...

Mångmiljardbud på Sobi bekräftas – styrelsen ger tummen upp

Ryktet om ett bud på svenska läkemedelsbolaget Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, Sobi, visar sig stämma. Budet från riskkapitalbolagen Advent och Aurora är värt drygt 6...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

FDA skjuter upp alla utländska inspektioner

få godkännande från FDA, rapporterar Medcity news.

WHO rekommenderar det första malariavaccinet för barn: "En historisk dag"

Världshälsoorganisationen WHO rekommenderar en storskalig användning av världens första malariavaccin.

ARM-D – Vill du spara plats i din maskin?

Nya modulära regulatorn ARM-D ger ett ytterst kompakt montage för samtidig reglering av flera tryck.

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

FDA godkänner antikroppstest för covid-19

Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten, FDA, har gett ett påskyndat godkännande för nödsituationer till företaget Cellex att tillverka ett antikroppstest som upp...