“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

Swedish-Danish meeting at Medicon Village: “One of the most important life science congresses”

For the eleventh year, The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science was held on Wednesday, and the event continues to function as a connecting link between the...

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.

”Informationssäkerhet måste bli en del av life science-strategin”

Doktorander och post-docs har kunnat utnyttja kunskaper de fått i Sverige för industriella konkurrensfördelar eller militära tillämpningar i sina hemländer, skr...

Studie: Klent stöd för nyttan av många nya cancerläkemedel

Nya cancerläkemedel lanseras i strid ström, men sker det för fort? Enligt en studie från Göteborgs universitet saknas det i många fall vetenskapligt stöd för at...

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.

Snabb installation och rätt reglering

AS-DPX från SMC är en smart avluftare/ljuddämpare med reglerfunktion och indikator för enkel och korrekt inställning av cylinderhastigheten.

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvan...

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

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 ...

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

Astra Zeneca föll efter besvikelser i rapport

Läkemedelsjätten Astra Zeneca föll rejält på börsen på torsdagen efter ett något sämre resultat än väntat det fjärde kvartalet 2023. Samtidigt presenterar bolag...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of excit...

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

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

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...