Novartis stämmer Astra Zeneca-bolag för påstått falska budskap

Novartis stämmer Alexion, Astra Zenecas enhet för sällsynta sjukdomar, som man anklagar för att ha lanserat “en falsk och vilseledande marknadsföringskampanj”.

Ozempic may benefit hip replacement surgery

The high-profile drug for type 2 diabetes and weight loss may be beneficial in other areas. One such area is for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery, a new study suggests....

He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

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 ...

Immunterapibolag tar in 339 miljoner

Immunterapibolaget Asgard Therapeutics har tagit in 30 miljoner euro, motsvarande omkring 339 miljoner kronor, i en finanseringsrunda.

A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”

A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can m...

High biological age is linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke

It is a well-known fact that people age at different rates, and a recent study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that people with a biological age higher tha...

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Stockholm (2026)

Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!

Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now bee...

Storbolag i gräl om hiv-läkemedel

En träta om påstått vilseförande marknadsföring av hiv-läkemedel mellan läkemedelsbolagen Gilead och Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) har nu avgjorts – till den senares fördel.

Starka resultat för genterapi – pausas ändå

En ny genterapi förbättrade synen hos elva av tolv patienter med en extremt sällsynt ärftlig ögonsjukdom. Men trots de starka resultaten i en klinisk studie har...

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic

A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assess...

Karolinska ska bli ett europeiskt powerhouse för ATMP

Karolinska ATMP-centrum har ett enkelt men ambitiöst syfte: korta vägen mellan akademisk upptäckt och klinisk tillämpning. ”Vi önskar att Karolinska i framtiden...

Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

Enabling 3D Multiplexing Spatial Omics Workflows in Neuroscience

Case study by ZEISS Microscopy.

Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter o...

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...