Trenderna som väntar inom healthtech

Svensk healthtech står sig ”väldigt bra”. Det säger Peter Kjäll, näringspolitisk expert på Tech Sverige. Han staplar vilka trender som sannolikt kommer prägla s...

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, ...

Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9...

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

become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.

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...

Stor kongress om framtidsutsikter igång i Lund

Vad sker i framtiden inom svensk och dansk life science? Det diskuteras i dag vid eventet The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science i Lund.

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Mathias Uhlén om kemipriset: ”Största nyttan är för förståelsen av människans biologi”

Årets Nobelpris i kemi gick till forskare som lyckats bygga och förutspå proteiners märkliga struktur. ”All medicinsk forskning har intresse för det här”, säger...

Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot om Kina: ”Väldigt öppet”

Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot hyllade Kina som ”väldigt öppet” och ”välkomnande” under ett event i Peking i helgen.

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Hello Angelica Loskog!

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

KI-studie: Nässköljning kunde ge information om KOL

Förekomsten av ett visst protein i näsan kunde användas som underlag för bedömning av KOL, i en ny studie från forskare vid Karolinska institutet.

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...

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by J...

Sex nya innovationsmiljöer ska utveckla precisionsmedicin

Vinnova anslår 95 miljoner kronor till sex nya innovationsmiljöer med inriktning på precisionmedicin.

Återfinn julefriden – med Life Science Sweden

Nu tar redaktionen julledigt, men passar på att påminna om några artiklar från hösten som du kanske missade. Vi önskar alla läsare en god jul, och är tillbaka den 7 januari.

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

Vd-skifte på Hamlet Biopharma

Hamlet Biopharma utser tidigare styrelseordföranden Catharina Svanborg till ny vd. Hon ersätter Martin Erixon som lämnar bolaget med omedelbar verkan.

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

Ett livsviktigt organ – som sällan står i rampljuset

Njurarna består av mer än 40 typer av celler och har fler funktioner i kroppen än de flesta känner till. Julie Williams leder Astra Zenecas arbete inom preklini...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Ny säljchef på GBA Key2Compliance

Konsultbolaget Key2compliance har rekryterat Anders Jeppson som ny Director of Sales och nu bytt namn till GBA Key2compliance som en följd av att GBA Group tidi...