Extensive agreements signed at Scilifelab

Four agreements were signed between Swedish and Dutch life science players in connection with the Dutch state visit earlier this month.

Quality Assurance for the Highest Medical Standards

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Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9...

KI-bolag får stöd av Michael J. Fox Foundation

Svenska Umecrine Cognition har fått ett anslag från The Michael J. Fox Foundation för att utvärdera bolagets läkemedelskandidat golexanolon som behandling för P...

The Swedish Life Science Office: “We lost in both coordination and manpower”

Since the turn of the year, the Swedish government’s life science office has operated at a lower capacity. Life Science Sweden has spoken to Pontus Holm, Depart...

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.

Vad blir nästa stora hype efter obesitas? – Expertpanel lyfte fram sina favoriter

Vad är nästa stora trend inom life science? Alltifrån alzheimer, Crispr och Omics lyftes fram när frågan diskuterades på årets stora life science-event i Lund.

Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose

The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and l...

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...

“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...

Här är människorna bakom de utpekade rovförlagen

I en artikelserie har Life Science Sweden rapporterat om rovtidskrifter och om tidskriftskapare. Men vilka är människorna bakom? Spåren leder till framgångsrika...

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...

Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”

Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor...

Så vill regeringen stärka primärvården

Samverkan mellan regioner och kommuner förtydligas och patientens behov sätts i centrum. Det är några av förslagen i den proposition som regeringen nyligen besl...

Extremely high sample throughput rates

Precision and reliability in automated liquid handling

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Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

Även Sanofi pausar brittiska investeringar

Sanofi går i flera andra läkemedelsjättars fotspår och fryser alla investeringsbeslut om forskning och utveckling i Storbritannien.

Isländsk genetikpionjär får Fernströms nordiska pris

En av världens mest kända forskare inom populationsgenetik, professor Kári Stefánsson från Island, tilldelas Eric K Fernström nordiska pris.

Studiedeltagare avled efter behandling med crispr-kandidat

En patient som behandlades med amerikanska Intellia Therapeutics genterapi nex-z har avlidit efter att ha vårdats på sjukhus med kraftigt förhöjda levervärden. ...

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.

A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

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...