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.

De får strategiska anslag

Tolv unga forskare har fått 2015 års Ingvar Carlsson Award för att starta upp egen forskning, med fokus på life science.

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Life science management for hire

Do you need help getting your biotech company off and running? Camoleon is a new type of consultant that offers help with business and innovation management and...

Blood type decide resistance to HIV

A Canadian-Swedish research team has found a blood type molecule that increases the resistance to HIV-infections.

Ökade vårdkostnader i Europa kräver långsiktiga satsningar på innovation

Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd, Generalsekreterare på Forska Sverige.

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

New influenza vaccine to EU

The Astrazeneca subsidary Medimmune submits marketing authorisationapplication in EU for an new intranasal vaccine against influenza.

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.

Hormones make children fat

A new Danish million project will define the connection between hormons and obesity amongst children.

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.

Definite answer with new cancerous gene

A newly discovered cancer gene is enabling the diagnosis of adenoid cystic caranoima using a genetic test.

New tools to fight bacteria

Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antib...

A platform for dialogue

As a step towards connecting the life science industry in Denmark, Biologue was founded three years ago with 10 member companies. Today, the network has 40 memb...

En livlina för svensk life science

DEBATT: I en allt mer global värld ställs högre krav på forskningsmiljöer och förutsättningarna för forskare att utvecklas. Bästa receptet är att Danmark och Sv...

Oslo Cancer Cluster

Cancer is, of course, the focus for this Oslo-based cluster, which is solely dedicated to cancer treatment and diagnostics. Oslo cancer cluster is also a part o...

Faster sales but less profits for Probi

The probiotic company increases its turnover, and the net results are twice as large as last year.

Cell incubator with built-in microscope

InCu-view live is an incubator from Sanyo for cell or embryo culture with documentation functionality.

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Higher performance UV-Vis spectrophotometry with double beams

The Biochrom Libra series of UV-Vis spectrophotometers now features double beams and variable bandwidths.

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

Mettler Toledo is showcasing Quantos, an automated dispenser for laboratory use.

Fusion between pharma giants?

It is rumoured that a fusion between Pfizer and Wyeth is in the process of happening.