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...

EXCL Gantry Kit Improve Automated Lab Applications

We’re excited to introduce a new product that improves precision and throughput in life science applications. The EXCL multi-axis gantry kit lowers engineering ...

Regiondirektör petas efter Millenniumfiaskot

Regionstyrelsen i Västra Götaland har meddelat att regiondirektören Håkan Sandahls anställning avslutas.

Nya ministern kallas till utskott – krävs på svar om abort

Den nya sjukvårdsministern Elisabet Lann (KD) hamnar i blåsväder på grund av en ledartext hon skrev 2015, där hon argumenterade för att vårdpersonal borde kunna...

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.

Karolinska ska bli ett europeiskt powerhouse för ATMP

Karolinska ATMP-centrum har ett enkelt men ambitiöst syfte: korta vägen mellan akademisk upptäckt och klinisk tillämpning. ”Vi önskar att Karolinska i framtiden...

Sobi inleder nytt samarbete inom sepsis

Särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi inleder ett nytt forskningssamarbete och en klinisk studie kring en potentiell behandling vid sepsis.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

Gunilla Enblad: CAR-T-terapi är här för att stanna

Allt fler cancerpatienter i Sverige behandlas med CAR-T-celler, och resultaten är goda. Samtidigt är nya generationer av terapiformen redan på väg. Det berättar...

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

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...

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Catalent kapar bort 350 tjänster inom genterapi

CDMO-bolaget Catalent säger upp 350 av sina anställda inom genterapiproduktion i USA.

Utnyttja AI och automation för att accelerera småmolekylprogram

BD separerar affärsområdet Biosciences – fokuserar på medtech

BD slimmar portföljen och avyttrar affärsområdena bioscience och diagnostik. “Nya BD” ska bli ett helgjutet medicinteknikföretag.

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

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...

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 ...

The Swedish government is to increase its investment in cancer care

The Swedish government wants to invest more in cancer and paediatric cancer care and proposes to allocate SEK 500 million per year for this purpose in the coming years.

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.

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approva...

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...

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...

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...