Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

HAB Nicolai Johannsen

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...

Chalmersforskare: Bättre riskbedömning med lipoprotein än kolesterol

I stället för att mäta kolesterolvärdet i blodet för att förutse risken för hjärtinfarkt kan ett enkelt test av lipoproteinmarkörer ge bättre information. Det h...

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...

ZEISS presents the "Quality Innovation Summit"

A global event on the future of quality assurance.

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...

Bioarctics forskningschef Johanna Fälting tar plats i VR:s ämnesråd

Bioarctics forskningschef Johanna Fälting och läkaren Markus Lingman har utsetts till nya ledamöter i Vetenskapsrådets ämnesråd för medicin och hälsa.

Fysikpriset till forskare inom maskininlärning

Årets Nobelpris i fysik går till John J Hopfield och Geoffrey E Hinton för deras insatser inom maskininlärning.

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 first vaccine derived from cowpox

The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the ...

NorthX Biologics Matfors AB

Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit

A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

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RFK Jr: I september vet vi vad som orsakar autism

USA ska identifiera orsaken till autism – och det ska vara gjort till september i år. Det säger USA:s hälsominister Robert F. Kennedy Jr., som därmed sätter en ...

Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?

Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

The government proposes fines for pharmaceutical companies that fail to notify drug shortages in time

According to a compilation from the Swedish Medicines Agency, the number of residually notified medicines increased by 54 % in Sweden last year compared to the ...

Genterapi mot blödarsjuka visade effekt ännu efter fyra år

Den omtalade genterapin Hemgenix mot hemofili B visar god effekt fortfarande fyra år efter att behandlingen utförts.

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...

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.

“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...

Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Forskare, se upp för rovtidskrifter!”

”Precis som vi alla behöver vara vaksamma i vår vardag på vad som är sant och vad som är falskt, behöver forskare vara vaksamma på vilka tidskrifter de publicer...

Samarbete med rekryteringspartner har många vinster för Life Science-företag

Att rekrytera inom Life Science-branschen är en komplex, tidskrävande och ofta utmanande process. Därför kan samarbetet med en rekryteringspartner vara strategi...