Astra Zeneca nådde inte mål i lungcancerstudie

Pilotstudie: Implantat från grishud alternativ till donerade hornhinnor

Linköpingsforskare har utvecklat ett implantat byggt på protein från grishud som efterliknar den mänskliga hornhinnan. Positiva resultat presenteras nu från en pilotstudie.

Webinar: Clinical evaluation and clinical investigation of medical devices

Whether you are a small medtech company or a large one, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone curious about how clinical studies on medical devices are conducted.

Delseger i domstol för entreprenör som miste sitt bolag

Life science-profilen Mikael Kubista har vunnit rond 1 mot en advokatfirma som han tillsammans med andra delägare stämt för vårdslös rådgivning i samband med at...

“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...

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

Ett vaccin som världen väntar på: ”Kan ändra livet för många”

I ett laboratorium i Solna utvecklas ett vaccin som, om allt går i lås, kan rädda otaliga barns liv i låg- och medelinkomstländer. ”Det är viktigt för mig att j...

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...

Diamyd får snabbspår i USA – ”Oerhört glada”

Svenska Diamyd Medical har beviljats ”Fast Track Designation” – ett snabbspår – av amerikanska FDA för sin immunoterapi under utveckling för patienter med typ 1-diabetes.

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, ...

Optimism på Xspray efter uppgörelse i patenttvist

En uppgörelse uppges ha nåtts i patenttvisten mellan svenska forskningsbolaget Xspray Pharma och läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) om cancerkandidaten Dasynoc.

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

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...

Nya life science-strategin – ”Ska befästa Sverige som ledande”

Kliniska prövningar och precisionshälsa lyfts fram som viktiga områden i den nya nationella life science-strategin. (LÄNGRE UPPDATERAD VERSION)

Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...

Beslut idag: 17 innovationsprojekt får finansiering

I tuff konkurrens har 17 nya innovationsprojekt inom life science valts ut och får finansiering via Medtech4health och Swelife.

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

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...

Column: ”We need to exploit the benefits of the regulations“

You don’t need to search long on the Internet to find lists of the most innovative countries with Sweden ranking at the top. Sweden generally offers good condit...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market