600 million SEK for life science - "Should not be the country of moderation"

Sweden will prioritize excellence over breadth in research. This was made clear when the government presented the research proposition for the next four years.

BMS and venture capital giant form new company

The American pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb, together with the venture capital firm Bain Capital, is forming a new biotech company. The company wil...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”

Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.

Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”

”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.

“We should avoid surgery if we can”

Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about rol...

Investment CEO: “The Nordics are outstanding in creating successful medtech companies”

Since the beginning of last month, Susanna Francke Rodau has been a partner and the new CEO of Segulah Medical Acceleration, which invests in medical technology...

New drug to simplify treatment of hemophilia

A new type of treatment for hemophilia, which only needs to be administered every two months, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

ZEISS Microscope has been Optimized for Capturing Subcellular Structures and their Dynamics

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A new life science cluster formed – “We are very strong in talent”

Stockholm and Uppsala’s joint life science cluster aims to be among the best in Europe. Pontus Holm, Life Science Coordinator for Region Stockholm, says the dec...

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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”

”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence in...

GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits

British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against t...

Sobi announces agreement with Enable Injections

Swedish biopharma Sobi has entered into an international development and distribution agreement with US drug delivery company Enable Injections.

We desire talent to come here, but are we genuinely welcoming them?

Sweden faces significant challenges in creating a truly inclusive environment that makes international professionals feel welcome, valued, and able to build mea...

Revealing the secrets of a part

CT inspection in automation technology at Festo.

Final assembly inspection of medical plastics

Technical paper by ZEISS Medical Industry Solutions.

Eli Lilly requests re-examination of Alzheimer's drug recommendation

Eli Lilly has requested that the EMA re-examine its opinion on the company's Alzheimer's drug, Kisunla, the agency announced on Friday.

Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

New cell therapy raises hope for curing type 1 diabetes – "Never succeeded before"

For the first time, a patient with type 1 diabetes has undergone an islet transplantation using genetically modified insulin-producing cells that do not require...

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