Study: Semaglutide tablet produces weight loss

The pharmaceutical semaglutide is effective for weight loss even when given in tablet form, according to a phase 3 study.

Setback for Moderna in patent dispute with mRNA competitors

Moderna has suffered a setback in a patent battle against their worst competitors in covid vaccines, Biontech and its partner Pfizer.

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Guide: Ställ in en tryckvakt

Här kan du lära dig mer om tryckvakter och hur du ställer in dessa steg för steg, helt själv! I denna korta film får du se hur du ställer in en tryckvakt från v...

Science to Market - S2M

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.

BMS satsar på CAR-T-terapi direkt i kroppen

Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb fyller på sin portfölj inom CAR-T-området genom att förvärva biotechbolaget Orbital Therapeutics för 1,5 miljarder dollar,...

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...

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma ...

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and Jo...

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

Lillys GLP-1-tablett nådde målen i typ 2-diabetesstudie

Läkemedelsbolaget Eli Lilly meddelar positiva resultat för GLP-1-tabletten orforglipron i två fas III-studier med typ 2-diabetespatienter.

Gothenburg-based company acquired by Norwegian diagnostics group

Gentian Diagnostics acquires Gothenburg-based Getica.

Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions

Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech....

Nya handelschefen: ”Försöker agera i en föränderlig värld”

Sara Lowemark har sedan mitten av augusti rollen som chef för internationella relationer på Lif – de forskande läkemedelsföretagen. Redan från start har hon fåt...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Björn Arvidsson: ”Långsiktiga satsningar är inga lyxprojekt utan framtidslöften”

Life science kan bli Sveriges nästa stora kapitel, men för det krävs uthållighet och politiskt mod, skriver Björn Arvidsson i en krönika.

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Medicon Village Science Park

“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”

The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees ...

Astra Zeneca riskerar mångmiljonböter i Kina

Astra Zeneca kan tvingas betala upp till 77 miljoner kronor i böter för misstänkta obetalda importskatter i Kina, samtidigt som bolaget försöker återvinna förtr...

Karolinska trea på europeisk innovationslista – men franskt sjukhus dominerar

Karolinska universitetssjukhuset placerar sig på tredje plats bland Europas forskningssjukhus när det gäller patentansökningar på medicinska innovationer.

Pilots want to live too

Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9...