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...

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.

The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking

Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

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...

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Basics of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

Learn about the principle of confocal fluorescence microscopy.

Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreemen...

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Lösningar för precisionsreglering av gas och luft

OEM Automatic tillhandahåller ett omfattande sortiment av tryckregulatorer för precisionsreglering genom samarbeten med välrenommerade tillverkare som Tescom oc...

Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far

German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as...

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...

Sobis läkemedel för blödarsjuka får grönt ljus i EU

Det svenska särläkemedelsbolaget Sobi har fått ett positivt omdöme i EU för sin nya behandling mot hemofili A. I ett utlåtande från den europeiska läkemedelsmyn...

Läkemedel mot Fabrys sjukdom bedöms för dyra – TLV trycker på stoppknappen

Samtliga läkemedel som används för behandling av enzymbristtillståndet Fabrys sjukdom utesluts ur högkostnadsskyddet.

Stopp för subventionerad botox vid skönhetsingrepp

Läkemedel med botulinumtoxin A – den aktiva substansen i botox – ska inte subventioneras längre när de används för estetisk injektionsbehandling.

We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter

Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.

Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic

A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assess...

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

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.

Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation

Hindrik Mulder, professor vid Lunds universitet, får Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize för sin forskning på diabetes.

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market