Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

Uppgift: Sanofi planerar avknoppning av sina receptfria läkemedel

Den franska läkemedelsjätten Sanofi uppges ha bett ett antal banker att pitcha för att delta i att hantera företagets planerade avknoppning av sin OTC-verksamhe...

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Karolinska Developments portföljbolag Dilafor får USA-patent

Karolinska Developments portföljbolag Dilafor har beviljats patent i USA för sin läkemedelskandidat tafoxiparin. Patentet skyddar användningen av substansen vid...

New issue of Life Science Sweden!

The international issue of Life Science Sweden has been sent to press.

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

“I am driven by the desire to develop a product that can be sold worldwide”

Ranked number one in the world by the WHO in diarrhoea research and soon in phase III studies for its vaccine candidate – Scandinavian Biopharma is rushing forw...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Major advances in IVF labs in the last few decades

Since the introduction of in vitro fertilisation several decades ago, many developments have been made in the field, and the main part of that development has t...

Åsa Derolf lämnar NT-rådet för nytt chefsjobb

Åsa Rangert Derolf lämnar sitt tunga uppdrag som ordförande för NT-rådet. I stället blir hon en av två nya områdeschefer på Södersjukhuset i Stockholm.

Provsvar från lyxkrog visar på listeria

Listeriabakterier har återfunnits både på köksytor och i livsmedel i den restaurang i Stockholm som står i centrum för ett stort utbrott av listeria, enligt pre...

Trends and overview: ELRIG "Robotics and Automation"

Laboratories on the way to end-to-end automation: Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation technology boosted by pandemic

Bästsäljaren Keytruda blir enklare att ta – godkänns i subkutan form

MSD (känt som Merck i USA och Kanada) har fått klartecken från FDA och CHMP för en ny variant av sitt storsäljande cancerläkemedel Keytruda. Den nya versionen, ...

Första behandlingen mot vanlig leversjukdom godkänd i USA

Efter många år av utveckling har nu för första gången en behandling mot fettlever med leverskada godkänts av det amerikanska läkemedelsverket FDA.

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

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...

Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”

Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.

He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...

Akademiska först att dosera patient med Affibodys radioterapikandidat

En första patient vid Akademiska sjukhuset har fått behandling med Affibodys målsökande radioterapeutiska kandidat ABY-271 mot HER2-positiv metastaserad bröstca...

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”

”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigå...

Keanu Reeves ger namn åt molekyler som är effektiva mot svampsjukdomar

Tyska forskare presenterar svampdödande molekyler, keanumyciner, som är verksamma mot bland annat Candida albicans – en svamp som kan angripa människa.

A surprising discovery about the immune system in cases of cancer

Professor Göran Jönsson is trying to understand why some patients benefit from immunotherapies while others don’t. A couple of years ago, he made a surprising d...