Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

Qiagen recently presented a method of dry blood sample storage as an alternative to storage in freezers.

Köpsugna läkemedelsbolag jagar nya projekt

Köpa eller köpas. Efter marknadsgodkännanden och klirr i kassan cirkulerar rykten om uppköp. Men de svenska forskningsbolagen framhåller att de kommer att stå för köpandet.

Så ska läkemedelsplattformen hjälpa forskarna

Om några veckor öppnar Scilifelabs Drug Discovery and Development-plattform. Här ska forskarna i akademin få hjälp att ta fram substanser som kan utvecklas till...

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established...

Brighter till Nasdaq

När börsen öppnades på fredagsmorgonen anslöt ytterligare ett bolag till aktiemarknaden.

The winner of the race

She learned how to work hard at an early age and her devotion has certainly paid off. Whether it is field running or running a company, the key to success is fo...

Abbott expands by acquisition

An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.

Kritiserad organisation stöps om

Nu sjösätts den nya organisationen Business Sweden som ett resultat av att Invest Sweden och Exportrådet slagits samman.

Continuous sampling allows for instantaneous microbial detection

Biovigilant's IMD-A instruments employ an optical technology to continuously sample the air and immediately warn when microbial contamination is detected.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

Adenovir tar in tio miljoner

Nu ska Puls-bolaget fullfölja sin fas II-studie och förbereda exit.

Google ger sig in i biotech-branschen

Sökmotorjättens nystartade bolag Calico ska fokusera på åldrande och åldersrelaterade sjukdomar.

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Medicult acquires embryo scanner

The Danish company Medicult signs an agreement with Novocellus to gain access to embryo selection technology.

New influenza vaccine to EU

The Astrazeneca subsidary Medimmune submits marketing authorisationapplication in EU for an new intranasal vaccine against influenza.

Swiss allergy therapy convinces

Cytos Biotechnology presents promising results in a study of a new therapy against allergy and asthma.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

New type of stem cell discovered

The earlier view of the scientific community was that melanocytes, the pigment cells, derive from the spinal cord during the early fetal period and then move ov...

Sobis forskningschef går till Orexo

Tar över ansvaret för Orexos forskning och utveckling.

Measurement of calorific content in a matter of minutes

The AC600 calorimeter from Leco uses rapid thermodynamics to analyze calorific content in five minutes.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project betwee...

Mingling types - who to aim for and who to avoid:

Read about different mingling types - who are you?