The Swedish Research Council gets go-ahead for more long-term funding

Following a government decision, the Swedish Research Council will soon be able to approve ten-year grant periods for funding research infrastructure, which may...

New drug alert in the US: Rise in overdoses linked to the use of drugs for animals

A combination of the synthetic drugs fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been labelled a “growing threat” by the White House due to its role in t...

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful...

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

Årets opinionsartiklar 2023

Nu lider 2023 mot sitt slut. Här är några av krönikorna, debattartiklarna och ledarna från det gångna året från Life Science Sweden och systertidningarna Medtec...

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of De...

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...

Novo Nordisk sues compounding pharmacies in the US

Novo Nordisk is suing compounding pharmacies in Florida, USA, because the company claims to have found impurities in the active ingredient in the obesity drug Wegovy.

Elicera i spanskt samarbete om CAR T-terapi mot skelettcancer

Elicera Therapeutics har ingått ett samarbetsavtal med ett spanskt forskningsinstitut för att stötta utvecklingen av CAR T-behandlingar för Ewings sarkom, en ov...

Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Product Agencies sign an agreement

The Directors-General of the Swedish and Ukrainian Medical Products Agencies have signed a cooperation agreement.

Ny finanschef på Bactiguard

Medicinteknikbolaget Bactiguard har nu anställt Patrick Bach till Chief Finance Officer (CFO) för företaget. Han tillträder sin tjänst idag, onsdag.

Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunterapin befinner sig fortfarande i ett tidigt stadium

I mer än 100 år har det funnits forskare som har försökt rikta kroppens eget immunförsvar mot cancerceller. Ibland har de blivit utskrattade och hånade av det m...

Så mycket väntas lecanemab sälja globalt

Försäljningen av Leqembi (lecanemab), som nyligen fick ett accelererat USA-godkännande som behandling mot Alzheimers sjukdom, väntas globalt uppgå till sju milj...

Pilots want to live too

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Ny ordförande för Atlas Antibodies

Åsa Riisberg, styrelseproffs och tidigare partner i EQT, tar över ordförandeklubban i Atlas Antibodies.

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

”Använd modern teknologi för utveckling av vårdens verksamheter”

”Vurmen för IT-system à la 80/90-tal är stor. Misstänksamheten mot moderna lösningar likaså”, skriver Leading Health Cares generalsekreterare Hans Winberg i en ...

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to ...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

Swedish life science in political focus

It feels like 2017 will be a good year for Swedish life science, says Anders Blanck, CEO at LIF.

Arjo hämtar finanschef från Getinge

Medicinteknikkoncernen Arjo har anställt Niclas Sjöswärd som ny Chief Financial Officer, CFO.