SMC Corporation Appoints Bianca Brunell as New General Manager for the Nordic and Baltic Countries

SMC Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Bianca Brunell as the new General Manager for SMC’s Nordic and Baltic countries, effective June 1, 2024.

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Scilifelabs nya direktör Jan Ellenberg: ”Spännande tid för life science”

I somras tillträdde Jan Ellenberg som ny direktör för Scilifelab. I en tv-intervju talar han om sin bakgrund, vikten av klustersamarbeten och sin tid som direkt...

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and...

Anna Törner: Minuten mellan liv och död

”Jag har aldrig berättat för någon enda om den här dagen för mer än 20 år sedan. Men jag tänker ibland på vad som hände, på vad som kunde ha hänt. När jag försö...

SMC lanserar ny elektrisk cylinder för livsmedelsindustrin

Nya HF2A-LEY är framtagen för att möta kraven inom livsmedelsindustrin och passar perfekt i maskiner som utsätts för regelbunden desinfektion och rengöring. Cyl...

Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO

Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.

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Hajpat genterapibolag går för en spottstyver

Genterapibolaget Bluebird Bio värderades en gång till över 10 miljarder dollar – men säljs nu för en bråkdel av den summan.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimen...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure t...

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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Happy International Women's Day!

This March, we're dedicating Fridays to spotlight women in STEM. The first article is about Helena, a Sales Engineer in Sweden. Read why she likes to work with ...

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...

Q-linea tar in kapital till fortsatt USA-satsning – ”Har positionerat oss starkt”

Uppsalabolaget Q-linea, som utvecklar produkter för infektionsdiagnostik, har beslutat att ta in upp till 225 miljoner kronor i en nyemission.

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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.

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

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...

Ny kontroversiell studie kopplar fetmaläkemedel till självmordstankar

I både EU och USA har misstänkta kopplingar mellan GLP1-analoger och självmordstankar utretts – och avfärdats. Nu väcks frågan till liv igen av en ny studie.

Från apotekare till poddare – Magnus Lejelöv har rösten som verktyg

Magnus Lejelöv har över 20 års erfarenhet från läkemedelssektorn och har intervjuat nära två hundra vårdprofiler i sina poddar. I maj står han på scenen i Lund ...