New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

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...

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

Nanoparticles to help detect pulmonary disease

Nanoparticles behave in a certain way in the air. Using this knowledge, researchers at Lund University have developed a new measurement method for lung examinat...

Så sparar du pengar och växer smart med rätt ERP

Har ditt företag vuxit ur sitt nuvarande ERP-system? Många företag fastnar i dyra uppgraderingar och underhåll av sitt affärssystem, vilket kan bli en riktig br...

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

Michael J. Foxs stiftelse ger pengar till svenskt bolag

Göteborgsbaserade företaget Irlab får finansiering från skådespelaren Michael J. Foxs stiftelse. Pengarna ska gå till en klinisk fas I-studie med företagets läk...

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.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

Caroline Leksell Cooke ny chef på Elekta

Elekta har rekryterat Caroline Leksell Cooke till ny Senior Vice President och Head of Neuro Solutions. Hon börjar sin nya tjänst den 1 november.

The new Astra Zeneca CEO: “An incredibly exciting phase”

Almost 27 years have passed since Per Alfredsson from Södertälje stepped into Astra Zeneca as a newly hired engineer. After countless different roles, including...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

Flexibla EOAT-lösningar från OEM Automatic optimerar din robotapplikation

För att maximera potentialen i en robotapplikation krävs rätt verktyg i slutet av robotarmen – så kallade End of Arm Tooling (EOAT). OEM Automatic erbjuder ett ...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Nya varianten av covid JN.1 klassas som en ”variant of interest”

JN.1 ökar snabbt i olika delar av världen, bland annat i Sverige. Världshälsoorganisationen WHO klassificerar nu varianten som en ”variant of interest” (VOI).

Jätteras för forskningsbolag efter misslyckad studie

Stayble Therapeutics, som utvecklar en behandling mot kronisk ryggsmärta, nådde inte det primära målet i sin fas IIb-studie. Beskedet fick bolagets aktie att ra...

Karlstadprofessor prisas för insatser inom kromatografi

Torgny Fornstedt, professor i analytisk kemi vid Karlstads universitet, har tilldelats J.F.K. Huber Lecture Award för ”banbrytande bidrag inom fundamental först...

Annexin tar in kapital för fortsatt satsning inom ögonsjukdom

Stockholmsbaserade Annexin Pharmaceuticals tar in upp till 35,6 miljoner kronor genom en företrädesemission.

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

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.

Därför kan du inte stå utanför utvecklingen mot molnbaserade ERP

Molnet är utan tvekan platsen för framtidens affärssystem. Vi fick möjligheten att prata med Bo Hjort Christensen, en av Norges ledande experter inom affärssyst...

Life science-profil utnämnd till ”årets vd”

När den europeiska lifescience-industrin samlades gick utnämningen "årets vd" till svenska Gunilla Osswald.