Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study

In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one...

Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease

According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases ...

Han är ny på AAX Biotech

Startup-bolaget AAX Biotech har rekryterat Juan Astorga-Wells till tjänsten som Senior Manager of Science & Development.

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.

Flera avhopp från skånskt medtechbolag: ”Mycket olyckligt”

Tre av fyra personer i ledningsgruppen för Prostalund har valt att lämna sina tjänster.

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...

Stark pipeline i Medicon Valley – servicebolagen lyfts fram

Öresundsregionen har en av toppositionerna i EU vad gäller utveckling av nya läkemedel. Företag som arbetar på uppdrag av läkemedelsbolag lyfts fram som en fram...

Pfizer drar tillbaka omtalat läkemedel efter koppling till dödsfall

Pfizer drar omedelbart in sitt läkemedel Oxbryta mot sicklecellssjukdom på alla marknader. Orsaken är man upptäckt en misstänkt koppling till förhöjd risk för k...

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Am...

”Innovation handlar inte bara om teknik”

Bredda bilden av innovation och frångå sjukdomscentreringen i hälso- och sjukvårdssystemet. Det är visionen som den kanadensiska innovations- och sjukhusexperte...

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

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...

Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”

With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve...

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Han utvecklar AI-modeller för cancerdiagnostik

Det finns ett stort behov för tids- och kostnadseffektiv precisionsdiagnostik vid cancer. Det menar forskaren Mattias Rantalainen som arbetar med att ta fram lö...

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

“Unfortunately, we are not strong when it comes to conducting clinical trials”

The number of company-initiated clinical trials conducted in Sweden has been declining in recent years. In mid-March, a government inquiry was presented that ai...

The Swedish innovation model: “There is a paradox”

It is often said that Sweden is strong when it comes to innovation, but how well are we turning that innovation into actual medicines?

Vd för life science-företag vinner entreprenörspris

Isabell Ahlén, vd för bolaget Sam Nordic, vann priset ”Entrepreneurial Winning Women” under årets regionfinal av Ey Entrepreneur Of The Year i Stockholm.

Smartcella värvar från Millipore Sigma

Biotech- och medtechbolaget Smartcella har utsett Nina Bauer till ny Chief Business Officer och Head of Smartwise.

Gradientech utökar distributionsnätverk – tecknar avtal med leverantör i Portugal

Det svenska bioteknikföretaget Gradientech som utvecklar diagnostik inom infektionsmedicin har tecknat ett avtal med Iberlab. Avtalet avser distribution i Portu...