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...

Spago får vd från Active Biotech

Mats Hansen tar över rodret på nanomedicinföretaget senast i februari nästa år.

Webinar: Medtech quality and regulatory compliance

This webinar is for you who are developing or planning to develop a medical device, combination, or borderline product. In one hour, we will discuss what you ne...

Besök hos Astra Zenecas produktionsanläggning

Under sommaren stänger Astra Zeneca av produktionen under två veckor för underhållsarbete. Jerry Johansson, Head of Engineering Maintenance & Asset Management, ...

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...

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.

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...

IRW Consulting is seeking Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) on positions located in Stockholm

Internationella vaccininstitutets kontor i Sverige växer

Internationella vaccininstitutets kontor i Stockholm har nu funnits i över ett år. Under året som gått har utbildningar och projekt dragits i gång, berättar Anh...

Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively ...

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the tria...

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...

Studie: Taurin gav längre livslängd för djur

Möss, ormar och apor som fick aminosyran taurin under en längre tid uppvisade mindre åldersrelaterade tecken än kontrollgrupper, enligt en studie.

Ny vd på Medcap

I november tar Anders Dahlberg över rodret på bolaget.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridicul...

Astra Zenecas flytt till Hagastaden: ”Äntligen är vi här"

Samarbete mellan life science-bolag, akademin och hälso- och sjukvården var ledord när Astra Zenecas nordiska huvudkontor invigdes i Hagastaden under måndagen.

Studie: Blodprov för att mäta hjärnpåverkan efter neurokirurgi

I framtiden tror forskare vid Göteborgs universitet att ett blodprov skulle kunna vara ett komplement till magnetkamera för att undersöka skador i samband med k...

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

Hygienisk konstruktion för livsmedel, läkemedel och kemi

Johnson Pump producerar högkvalitativa pumpar som är lämpliga för de flesta industrier, med särskild inriktning på livsmedel, läkemedel, kemi, petrokemiska och ...

Ny biosimilar för ögonbehandling har godkänts i USA

Den första biosimilaren för alla fem indikationerna av Roches storsäljare Lucentis har godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.

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, ...

This is Sweden's largest life science region

About 60 percent of all jobs within swedish life science are found in the Stockholm-Uppsala area. This was stated in a report presented at Scanlab & Biotech Forum today.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

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...