Filter tips for safer pipetting and better accuracy

Biohit has launched new Safetyspace Filter Tips that have more space between the sample and the filter than conventional filter tips usually have.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

”Det kommer vara en uppförsbacke”

Förra året infördes det nya regelverket för in vitro-diagnostik i EU, IVDR. Karin von Wachenfeldt vd på Truly Labs menar att omställningen till det nya regelver...

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...

Bioinvent utvalt till amerikanskt blodcancerprogram – får in 31 miljoner

Bioinvent har valts ut som partner till den amerikanska patientorganisationen LLS:s program för finansiering av forskning inom blodcancer. Samtidigt får bolaget...

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...

Sales Representative, Applied Biosystems

Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

Definite answer with new cancerous gene

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

Karolinska nionde bästa sjukhuset i världen i ny rankning

Återigen rankar Newsweek de bästa sjukhusen i världen. I år har de listat de sjukhus som är bäst på att använda ny teknik. Karolinska universitetssjukhuset utmä...

Hon blir vice vd för Medicon Village

Medicon Village rekryterar från Medicon Valley Alliance.

Branschens doldisar – kontraktsforskarna

Konsultbolagen har blivit en allt viktigare del av läkemedelsutvecklingen. ”Det är en trend och affärsmodell som fungerar, och vi ser inga tecken på att den kom...

"An open mind is the key to successful meetings"

Meeting in person is irreplaceble when it comes to finding a new partner. Johan Ohlsson at Venture Valuation is happy with his meetings at Biotech Forum so far ...

Pharma is a safe market

Pharma is the best industry to invest in. That states leaders from risk capital companies, interviewed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are relatives

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have the same genetic causes, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet.

Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

Diagnostics to deal with new diseases

Maria Brytting at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI, will share her experiences from April 2009 when the new influenza A virus, H1N1, wa...

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.

Tuffare konkurrens när Novo Nordisk-fonden breddar urvalet

Søren Nedergaard har arbetat med innovation på danska regeringskansliet och på universitetet i Köpenhamn. Idag är han operativ chef för Novo Nordisk-fonden som ...

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.

Bakslag för Roche i Alzheimerstudie

Det schweiziska läkemedelsbolaget Roche kunde i resultaten från en preventionsstudie mot Alzheimers sjukdom hos patienter med en genetisk mutation som orsakar t...

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Nytt coronavirus upptäckt hos fladdermöss – tog sig förbi vaccin

Ett nytt coronavirus i levande fladdermöss har upptäckts av forskare i USA. Enligt forskarna är viruset resistent mot befintliga covidvaccin.

Svensk-danskt event blir e-möte

I september anordnas Life Science Swedens två event The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science och New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability för första...