Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed

Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borreb...

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approva...

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct s...

Startup-bolaget vill bli nästa Olink

Inte ens ett år gamla har Rarity Bioscience fått anslag från Swelife och Medtech4health. Nu hoppas vd:n Linus Bosaeus att deras teknik för detektion av mutation...

Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter o...

Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tin...

“An entire industry is about to be wiped out”

According to Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubators, Sweden risks not having any small diagnostic companies left in five years.

Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...

Norrländsk life science går för högtryck

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometime...

De är Sveriges högst rankade forskare

På en lista med över 6 600 framstående forskare finns nära 50 forskare från svenska institutioner med.

Så rankas forskarna i covid-debatten

Forskarkritiken mot Sveriges agerande under covid-19-pandemin har ibland avfärdats med argumentet att den inte kommer från ledande forskare inom fältet. Men den...

En miljon euro i potten

En miljon euro är prissumman i en av världens mest ansedda innovationstävlingar som nu öppnar upp för anmälningar.

Pengaregn över hälsoprojekt

22 projekt inom läkemedel, medtech och e-hälsa delar på 20,5 miljoner i Vinnova-utlysning.

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark...

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Så hittar du uppköpskandidater

Att investera i bolag på börsen som kan bli uppköpta kan vara en investeringsstrategi att få en snabb avkastning på sitt investerade kapital.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Över 60 läkemedel hittade i spindlar

Den ökande användningen av läkemedel sätter allt tydligare spår i naturen.

Över 60 läkemedel hittade i spindlar

Den ökande användningen av läkemedel sätter allt tydligare spår i naturen visar en ny internationell studie med forskare från bl a Umeå universitet och SLU.

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!

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...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market