Medicon Valley cluster in brief

The Medicon Valley covers the Öresund region (Skåne and Sjaelland).

Orexo opens doors eastwards

The drug delivery company has signed a deal for selling a cancer pain treatment in China. "An ideal partner for us" says Torbjörn Bjerke, CEO of Orexo.

Researchers goes to the bottom of the brain

Swedish researchers have recently got new and deeper knowledge about the smallest part of the brain, the granule cells.

New map of eye proteins

A new mapping of proteins in the eye opens the door for new treatments of eye diseases in the future.

Control of blood vessels can treat obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

Så blir bantade Business Sweden

I somras fick en tredjedel av personalen i den svenska organisationen gå. I det nya Business Sweden som börjar ta form är branschområdena ersatta av geografiska...

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on ...

Kombinerat mikroskop och cellanalysator med tredimensionell teknik

I mikroskopvärlden är de flesta objekt transparenta och absorberar vanligtvis inte ljus. Däremot passerar ljuset långsammare när det går genom ett optiskt tätar...

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

DKK 1,3 billion for grand research

Danish Councils for Independent Research, DFF, will grant DKK 1,3 billion during 2009. Now has the application period started.

Norwegian entrance in EU technology network

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology joins the European Science Business Network of prominent European research institutions.

Novo och Astra ligger bra till i internationell kraftmätning

Patentutgångar kommer under de närmaste åren att drabba flera stora läkemedelsbolag, men Astrazeneca och Novo Nordisk hör till de som skymtar ljusglimtar enligt en analys.

Försäljningsrykte stoppar handel med Epicept-aktie

Vd:n avslöjar: "Vi arbetar efter att försöka sälja hela bolaget".

Biogaia's advance goes on

In December Biogaia reached China and North America. Now, the Swedish probiotic company has entered the Mexican market.

Bio engineering breakthrough in Denmark

Brand new research makes BioGasol's cellulosic ethanol process even more competitive.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be ...

Rekordintresse för KI Science Park Day

KI Science Park Day har på senare år utvecklats till en av de viktigaste mötesplatserna för investerare och växande life science-bolag. Nästa vecka är det dags ...

Mathematician new dean at DTU

On January 1st the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, got a new dean, recruited from the department of Mathematics.

Bevakning av Nobelpris fick sajt på fall

Livesändningen gick ned strax innan årets Nobelpristagare skulle tillkännages.

Almost 150 will leave Coloplast

The Danish medtech company Coloplast negotiates headcount reductions, with a total number of almost 150 employees.

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Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organizatio...

New type of stem cell discovered

The earlier view of the scientific community was that melanocytes, the pigment cells, derive from the spinal cord during the early fetal period and then move ov...

Partnering offer for scientists and medics

For the first time in the history of Biotech Forum, scientists and medics are invited to join the partnering event. I