Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

Cost-efficient development of laboratory devices

8 ways to optimise development costs and speed up processes

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”

The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at...

The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.

The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.

No longer afraid of the dentist.

Teaching robot with piezo technology

Studie: Därför kan män vara sämre på att bekämpa virusinfektioner

Forskning har visat att hur allvarligt vår kropp reagerar på en virusinfektion kan bero på vårt kön. Men varför könen bekämpar virusinfektioner olika bra har ti...

Karolinska nionde bästa sjukhuset i världen i ny rankning

Återigen rankar Newsweek de bästa sjukhusen i världen. I år har de listat de sjukhus som är bäst på att använda ny teknik. Karolinska universitetssjukhuset utmä...

The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”

When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite...

Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA

The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Svensk medtech-vd på amerikansk ledarskapslista

The Healthcare Technology Report har listat de 25 bästa kvinnliga ledarna inom området medicinteknisk utrustning 2022. Karin Dahllöf, vd för Monivents, finns me...

Små guldkorn mot cancer gav henne priset

Med metall av den ädlare sorten, elektromagnetisk fältteori och biofysik vill Mariana Dalarsson förbättra cancerbehandling med hjälp av nanopartiklar. Nu får ho...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

Världens bästa universitetsstäder

I vissa av världens stora städer ligger toppuniversiteten på rad. Men även Sverige kommer högt när Times higher education listar världens bästa studiestäder.

3D för Biolamina efter nytt avtal

Genom samarbete och ett licensierings avtal med Stockholmsbaserade Spiber technologies, kan Biolamina nu erbjuda ett sätt att odla celler i 3D.

Sana Alajmovic: ”Vi måste tala om de stora visionerna – bygga nästa Astra”

Sigrid Terapeutics grundare och vd, Sana Alajmovic, hamnade på listan Framtidens kvinnliga ledare.

Prestigepris till svensk Alzheimerforskare

Geriatrikprofessor Lars Lannfelt tilldelas en av världens mest prestigefulla utmärkelser inom Alzheimerforskningen, AAIC Lifetime Achievement Awards 2019.

Prisar kvinnliga forskare

Kristiina Tammimies och Annica Black-Schaffer är de första svenska forskarna att tilldelas det nya priset L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science.

De får det svenska storpriset

Cancerforskare får en miljon dollar i prissumma.

Bring talent to those in need

Ho ho ho, Christmas time is here again. So get busy decking the halls, perhaps not with assorted greenery, but with something of a more lasting value.

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organizatio...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...