Recipharm launches into biologics manufacturing

Recently a Swedish biomanufacturing facility transfers from Astrazeneca to Recipharm Biologics.

Finnish Innovation Fund gets new leader

The Supervisory Board of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has appointed members of the Board, including a new president.

Höjer bud på Actelion

Johnson & Johnson diskuterar förvärv av det schweiziska läkemedelsbolaget, och uppges nu ha höjt sitt bud.

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 ...

Vill sälja USA-verksamheten

Enligt rykten diskuterar Meda en försäljning av sin amerikanska verksamhet.

Pfizer väntas backa

Tidsfristen för Pfizer att lägga ett bud på Astrazeneca löper ut i dag och inget nytt bud verkar finnas på horisonten.

Refrigerators and freezers with small footprints

The Biocompact series of freezers and refrigerators from Gram Commercial offers a small yet professional footprint.

Density meters with six-digit precision

The new instruments from Krüss Optronic offer high sensitivity for density measurements.

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Storägare vill förhandla

Fondbolaget Blackrock och kapitalförvaltaren Grantham Mayo uppmanar Astrazenecas styrelse att hålla nya samtal med Pfizer.

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.

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Lytix calls in cash

Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

Danisco first with green emulsifier

A new sustainable emulsifier from Danisco meets the increasing consumer demand for ethically correct consumer goods.

Vaccinkandidat används i pågående utbrott

Ebolavaccin under utveckling skickas till Demokratiska republiken Kongo.

New study of toxins and heart disease

Is there a correlation between exposure to hormone interfering environmental toxins and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease? A new patient study...

Cancer cells cheat suicide call

Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, researchers from the University of...

Pfizer överväger nya bud

Obama-administrationens nya skatteregler hämmar inte bolagets köplust.

Varnar för Astra-preparat

FDA går ut med ännu en varning för läkemedelsklassen SGLT2-hämmare.

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a sma...

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.

Multilabel plate readers with luminescence capability

The Enspire Multilabel Plate Reader platform from Perkin Elmer now features sensitive luminescence detection. The new detection capability is primarily aimed at...