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.

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 ...

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Lars Frelin om nya sortens läkemedelsutveckling: ”Låter lite som science fiction”

Nu nalkas vinterns ledigheter. Det uppmärksammar Life Science Sweden med att ställa bakåt- och framåtblickande frågor till branschprofiler fram till jul. Idag t...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

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...

Tar in kapital för att genomföra cancerstudie

Det danska biotechbolaget Scandion Oncology genomför en nyemission som kan ge upp till 60 miljoner kronor. Huvudsyftet är att finansiera en klinisk studie i kolorektalcancer.

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...

Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”

Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.

Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

Ny spelare i GLP-1-kampen rusade på börsen efter lovande resultat

Amerikanska Structure Therapeutics steg med omkring 100 procent på börsen under måndagen efter att bolaget presenterat nya studieresultat för sin orala GLP-1-ka...

Novo Nordisk skrotar distansarbete

Vid årsskiftet slopar Novo Nordisk möjligheten till distansarbete. Enligt bolagets nya vd ska det påskynda beslutsfattandet och förbättra den kommersiella genom...

Framgång för Hansa i amerikansk fas III-studie – ”Vi är begeistrade”

Lundbaserade Hansa Biopharmas transplantationsläkemedel imlifidase klarade det primära effektmåttet i en registreringsgrundande fas III-studie i USA.

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

Here are the pharmaceutical companies best prepared for AI

How well prepared are pharmaceutical companies in the field of artificial intelligence? That is what a new analysis has tried to evaluate.

Genredigering ska ge sänkta blodfetter

Nya genmodifierande behandlingar är under utveckling för att varaktigt reglera halterna av blodfetter, och därmed minska risken för hjärt-kärlsjukdomar. Ett av ...

Life Science Sweden heads to the Oresund region! ‒ Hello there Michael Linnell

Life Science Sweden’s The Future of Swedish Danish Life Science and New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meetings are coming up soon. We asked Mich...

The Swedish Academy of Sciences: “We have too many researchers”

Sweden does not need more researchers, but it does need better ones. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding should be distributed to favour excellence.

Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world

Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work agains...

Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

Pfizer jagar fotfäste på obesitasmarknaden – förvärvar Metsera

Pfizer förvärvar amerikanska viktminskningsbolaget Metsera. Affären är initialt värd 4,9 miljarder dollar, motsvarande cirka 46 miljarder kronor, men kan stiga ...