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 20...

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Mathias Uhléns proteinatlas utsedd till global resurs

Databasen The Human Protein Atlas har som den första i Sverige blivit utsedd till ett så kallat Global Core Biodata Resource. Enligt Mathias Uhlén innebär det e...

Showroom for free

The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to...

Forskningsbolag i klinisk fas går i konkurs

Forskningsbolaget Sinfonia Biotherapeutics, med säte i Huddinge, har försatts i konkurs.

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.

Framtidens vård samtalsämne på Clubhouse

Björn Arvidsson och Magnus Lejelöv vill se fler diskussioner om hälsa och sjukvård och har tagit initiativ till ett community på den hajpade nya plattformen Clubhouse.

Studie: Hjärtbox gav färre komplikationer än kylväska vid transplantation

En svenskutvecklad metod för att förvara donerade hjärtan inför transplantation minskar risken för patienten att drabbas av tidig hjärtsvikt, enligt en ny studi...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the ...

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to ...

This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map

Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to a...

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...

Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas

Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in wh...

Stor lansering för Cellevate på Bio Europe

Lundabolaget Cellevate tog tillfället i akt under jättekongressen Bio Europe och lanserade sin första industriprodukt kommersiellt.

“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 ...

Första vaccinet mot tropisk virussjukdom tillgängligt i Sverige

Världens första vaccin mot virussjukdomen chikungunya finns nu tillgänglig i Sverige, meddelar vaccinföretaget Valneva Sweden.

”Vi djupdyker i bolagen”

För att Almi Invests investerare Louise Warme ska bli intresserad av ett bolag måste hon tro på teamet som driver företaget.

Your partnering tool - step by step

Profile, agenda and requests. Those are the basic steps to follow to use the partnering tool for Biotech Forum. Follow our guide to successful partnering!

Smile får ny affärscoach

Tomas Eriksson, vd för Sinntaxis, blir affärsutvecklingscoach på Smile Incubator i Medicon Village i Lund.

Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"

The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...

Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation

Hindrik Mulder, professor vid Lunds universitet, får Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize för sin forskning på diabetes.