Karolinska sjätte bästa sjukhus i världen enligt ny rankning

Den amerikanska tidskriften Newsweek rankar varje år världens bästa sjukhus. 2023 finns Karolinska universitetssjukhuset på sjätte plats.

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...

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

TCO easy comparison of electric and pneumatic solutions

Find the right technology for your application and compare CO₂ emission and TCO The shown results are not based on a sizing calculation, parameters like service...

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

XNK Therapeutics värvar vetenskapliga rådgivare

Det svenska immunterapiföretaget XNK Therapeutics tar in extra expertis i företaget för att stärka sin plattformsteknologi.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Test ska visa om antibiotika fungerar

En metod utvecklad av forskare från Karolinska insitutet ska kunna hjälpa till att visa om bakterier svarar på en antibiotikabehandling. De har nu startat ett f...

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

He will be the new chair of Medicon Valley Alliance

Niels Abel Bonde is the nomination committee’s proposal and the most likely person to take over as the new chairman of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster o...

The best wealth is Health

We are living in a world where wealth more and more is measured in being able to do the things you like and enjoy in life. As the wealth increases in terms of e...

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

“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...

Forskare använder VR-teknik för att designa nya läkemedel

Med hjälp av virtual reality, VR, har forskare från Storbritannien lyckats se hur läkemedelsmolekyler binds samman i 3D-format, skriver Phys.org.

Ett utvecklande år för Testa Center i Uppsala

Nu firar Testa Center i Uppsala ett år. Gäster bjöds på reflektion och framtidsspaning, möte med företag samt afternoon tea.

AstraZeneca moves to brewery quarters in central Copenhagen

AstraZeneca in Denmark is moving its business into central Copenhagen and the old brewery quarters in Carlsberg Byen.

Tablett med semaglutid gav viktminskning

Läkemedelssubstansen semaglutid är effektiv för viktminskning även när den ges i tablettform, enligt en fas 3-studie.

Sverige och Danmark i nytt samarbete om precisionsmedicin

Ett svenskt-danskt samarbete inleds inom precisionsmedicin när Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) och Danish National Genome Center (DNGC) ingår ett partnerskap.

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.

Lovande behandling mot fentanylmissbruk

Camurus redovisar fas 3-data för Buvidal.