Confidence in childhood vaccines is in decline worldwide

Since the pandemic, confidence in vaccinating children has plummeted. In a new report, UNICEF urges world leaders to act before the situation worsens. In 52 out...

Vd-byte på Cross ska stärka marknadssidan

Lundabaserade medicinteknikbolaget Cross Technology Solutions rekryterar Titti Lundgren som ny vd.

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

”Jag har väldigt svårt att vara sysslolös”

Hon är apotekaren och forskaren som tröttnade på genombrotten som dröjde, kunskapen som aldrig verkade nå fram till patienterna, och därför beslutade sig för at...

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...

Event: Drug Development – Serendipity or Science

Drug development is a challenging journey, we will discuss questions you may not even consider asking. SDS and Medicon Village welcome you to an engaging afternoon.

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.

Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”

A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.

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.

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...

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

Olika resultat för Sedanas inhalerade sedering av barn i studie: "Föranleder försiktighet i tolkningen"

En första analys av en fas III-studie med Sedana Medicals inhalationssedering påvisar "non-inferiority" – eller klinisk likvärdighet – för hela analyspopulation...

Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare

”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians cha...

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.

Stort intresse för företag bakom nytt potensläkemedel – nyemission övertecknad

Uppsalabolaget Dicot har genomfört en övertecknad nyemission och fått in 54,8 miljoner kronor till den fortsatta utvecklingen av ett nytt potensläkemedel.

Branschens doldisar – kontraktsforskarna

Konsultbolagen har blivit en allt viktigare del av läkemedelsutvecklingen. ”Det är en trend och affärsmodell som fungerar, och vi ser inga tecken på att den kom...

Jeeves tecknar koncernavtal med Beijer Byggmaterial AB

Jeeves och Beijer Byggmaterial har tecknat ett koncernavtal som innebär att Kakeldax i Sverige AB som ingår i koncernen kommer implementera Jeeves molnbaserade ...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

ARM-D – Vill du spara plats i din maskin?

Nya modulära regulatorn ARM-D ger ett ytterst kompakt montage för samtidig reglering av flera tryck.

Här är hela listan – De viktigaste svenska medicininnovationerna

Högst upp på Life Science Swedens rankning över moderna svenska innovationer inom medicinområdet finns Losec från dåvarande Astra.

66 barn misstänks ha dött av hostmedicin – WHO utfärdar varning

WHO varnar för fyra sorters hostmedicin från det indiska läkemedelsbolaget Maiden Pharmaceuticals, vars medicin tros ha orsakat 66 barns död i Gambia.

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...