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.

Biofilm effektiv mot allergi

En lättlöslig film som läggs i munnen visar positiv effekt vid akuta allergiska reaktioner, enligt ny studie. Nu ska det Helsingborgsbolaget bakom studien

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...

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...

Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion doll...

Sällsynt blir vanligare

I takt med att EU godkände fler nya läkemedel 2013 godkändes också fler läkemedel mot sällsynta sjukdomar.

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.

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 that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

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...

Medicinpriset till forskare bakom mRNA och första covidvaccinen

Årets Nobelpris i fysiologi eller medicin går till förhandstippade Katalin Karikó och Drew Weissman från University of Pennsylvania.

Uppgifter: Amerikanskt företag vill förvärva Sobi

Det amerikanska riskkapitalbolaget Advent International överväger att lägga ett bud på svenska Sobi, enligt uppgifter.

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 ...

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...

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leavi...

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...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Faster development of reliable sample handling

Festo USA has collaborated with PerkinElmer to develop a compact sample handling solution for a global leader in manufacturing medical devices. Thanks to the cu...

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Studie: Blodprov för att mäta hjärnpåverkan efter neurokirurgi

I framtiden tror forskare vid Göteborgs universitet att ett blodprov skulle kunna vara ett komplement till magnetkamera för att undersöka skador i samband med k...

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 ...

Recipharmgrundarna får medalj

Grundarna till det nynoterade läkemedelsbolaget prisas med kunglig Näringslivsmedalj.

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...