Astra till domstol i Texas

Texas justitiekansler stämmer läkemedelsjätten för bedrägeri.

Kinagodkännande ger klirr i kassan för Calliditas

Svenska Calliditas Therapeutics har fått sitt läkemedel Nefecon godkänt i Kina, och får därmed en milstolpsbetalning på fem miljoner dollar av sin kinesiska partner Everest.

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...

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...

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

Calliditas utser ny USA-chef

Calliditas Therapeutics har utsett Maria Törnsén till chef för bolagets amerikanska verksamhet.

The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.

He is zooming in on topical preparations

According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting ap...

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

Alzinova byter tillverkare

”En mycket stor förbättring jämfört med vår tidigare leverantör”, säger vd Per Wester.

AI-stödd mammografi hittade fler cancerfall i studie

Screening med hjälp av AI hittade fler bröstcancerfall och minskade arbetsbördan kraftigt jämfört med sedvanlig röntgengranskning av två radiologer i en studie ...

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 ...

New issue of Life Science Sweden!

The international issue of Life Science Sweden has been sent to press.

EU-kommissionen vill ge tillverkare mer tid för IVDR

Europakommissionen föreslår att tidsfristen för tillverkare att anpassa sig till det nya regelverket för produkter för in vitro-diagnostik, IVDR, skjuts upp.

Sobis samarbete med Sanofi ger skörd – läkemedel mot hemofili godkänt i USA

Svenska särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi har fått ett nytt läkemedel mot hemofili A godkänt i USA. I EU väntas en ansökan om godkännande lämnas in senare i år.

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

Multiblock-PCR med fyra oberoende block

Termocyklaren Alpha Cycler 4 kan köra fyra block med olika inställningar samtidigt.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

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...

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Novo Nordisk to invest billions in Danish manufacturing facilities

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is investing DKK 42 billion, equivalent to around SEK 65 billion/EUR 5.6 billion, in its manufacturing facilities in Ka...

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

Första Crispr-behandlingen fick tummen upp av EMA

Den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA rekommenderar ett villkorat godkännande av Casgevy – den första behandlingen som använder genredigeringstekniken Crispr...