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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...

Reformation eller utbildning? Så kan rovtidskrifterna stoppas

Olika försök har gjorts för att komma till rätta med rovtidskrifterna. Röster höjs för att reformera meriteringssystemet, medan andra lyfter vikten av utbildnin...

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

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...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

Hon är MSD:s nya svenska vd

Birgitta Wikman Erlandson har utsetts till vd för MSD Sverige där hon de senaste året varit affärsområdeschef för vaccinavdelningen.

Service och kalibreringstjänst hos OEM Automatic

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Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark...

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

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...

Tataa inrättar vetenskapligt råd

Tataa Biocenter bildar ett rådgivande vetenskapligt råd. Nu har de fem första experterna i rådet utsetts.

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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Första vaccinet mot fruktad myggspriden sjukdom godkänt i USA

Det första vaccinet mot chikungunya-viruset, som är ett växande problem framförallt i tropiska och subtrobiska länder, har nu godkänts av den amerikanska läkeme...

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karol...

Swedish-Danish meeting at Medicon Village: “One of the most important life science congresses”

For the eleventh year, The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science was held on Wednesday, and the event continues to function as a connecting link between the...

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas ...

CSL Behring: Nya terapier kräver nya betalningsmodeller

DEBATT: NT-rådets beslut att inte rekommendera en genterapi för hemofili på grund av kostnad och osäker effektlängd belyser vikten av att terapier mot sällsynta...

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...