The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

The first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

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...

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way

A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.

Säker avluftning och koll på läget – ISO 13849-1

Nya VP546/746 från SMC är en 3-ports magnetventil med avluftning, enligt säkerhetsstandard ISO 13849-1.

Novo Nordisks Wegovy säljer sämre än väntat – trots stark tillväxt

Låga förskrivningstal i USA har under en tid väckt oro för Novo Nordisks tillväxt inom fetmaläkemedel – vilket även märks i läkemedelsjättens rapport som visade...

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

Life science-staden Göteborg – Vi är ”Lilla Boston”

I Västsverige satsar man på life science inom alltifrån avancerade terapiläkemedel till femtech. Samtidigt blickar aktörerna mot andra branscher för inspiration och kunskap.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered b...

Medtech-företag blev årets snabbväxare

Medtech-bolaget Infosolutions toppar årets rankning från Deloitte över Sveriges snabbast växande teknikbolag. På fyra år har bolaget ökat sin omsättning med 12 815 (!) procent.

Vi ställer ut på Nordic Future Food 2022.

Boka in 11-12 maj på Kistamässan

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duti...

The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.

The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.

Glad sommar! – och chefredaktörens lästips

Life Science Swedens chefredaktör sammanfattar året hittills och ger lästips inför sommaren.

Jeeves tecknar partneravtal med Systemstöd

Tidigare i våras meddelade Jeeves ett beslut att växla upp med en utökad partnerkanal i Sverige. Detta för att möta den ökade efterfrågan både från befintliga o...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Eli Lilly to build a USD 2.5-billion plant in Germany

US-based Eli Lilly is planning a huge investment of USD 2.5 billion, equivalent to around SEK 26.5 billion, in a new production facility in Alzey, Germany.

Kirurgveckan på Kistamässan är i full gång

Kirurgveckan är fysisk igen efter pandemin. Och mässhallens takhöjd på Kistamässan gör att sorlet av alla besökare är ljudligt. Utställare från 60-talets företa...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...