Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

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...

Vd rasar mot Sophiahemmet efter konkurs: ”Kan knappt beskriva det”

I måndags försattes C Medicals urologklinik på Sophiahemmet i konkurs, trots miljonomsättning och framstående cancerspecialister. ”Det är en konkurs som enbart ...

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that i...

Hello Angelica Loskog!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.

Får utökat uppdrag på Amrop

Cecilia Callmer har fått ett utökat uppdrag på företaget Amrop, som arbetar med chefs- och styrelserekrytering samt ledarutveckling. Hon kommer att tillsammans ...

Coronapandemin påskyndade utveckling av cancervaccin

Coronapandemin gav ett stort uppsving för vaccinfältet. Det vittnar danska biotechbolaget Expres2ion Biotechnologies om, som utvecklar ett vaccin mot bröstcancer.

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Toppnamn till Smartcellas styrelse

KI-professorn Anna Martling och Regina Fritsche-Danielson, vetenskaplig ledare för Astra Zenecas forskningsanläggning i Göteborg, tar bägge plats i biotech- och...

Smartcella värvar från Millipore Sigma

Biotech- och medtechbolaget Smartcella har utsett Nina Bauer till ny Chief Business Officer och Head of Smartwise.

Vi kalibrerar din lastcell

Vi erbjuder tjänsten att kalibrera och ställa in lastceller efter dina önskemål och krav. En service som tidigare erbjöds av WIKA i Tyskland men som vi nu tagit till Sverige.

Han är ny på Sahlgrenska Science Park

Mats Hellström är Sahlgrenska Science Parks nya Lab Manager. I hans nya roll ska han se över satsningen Health Innovation Labs.

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Pfizer drar tillbaka omtalat läkemedel efter koppling till dödsfall

Pfizer drar omedelbart in sitt läkemedel Oxbryta mot sicklecellssjukdom på alla marknader. Orsaken är man upptäckt en misstänkt koppling till förhöjd risk för k...

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A billion-dollar acquisition makes Novo Nordisk even bigger in obesity

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk acquires Montreal-based Inversago Pharma, which develops treatments for obesity and diabetes.

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Marie Gårdmark: ”The situation is not satisfactory”

”The legislative tool-box is limited, but carrots in the form of longer exclusivity has already proven successful, this has for example increased registration o...

Lundabolag får brittiskt miljonbidrag för blodtest

Lundabolaget Prolight Diagnostics har fått ett statligt brittiskt bidrag på 17 miljoner kronor för fortsatt utveckling av ett blodtest som ska upptäcka eller ut...

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

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...

Bioarctic granted Japanese patent for Parkinson’s disease candidate

Bioarctic has been granted a Japanese patent for its antibodies targeting Parkinson’s disease.

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...