Vinnova is going to establish a new innovation cluster

Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, has been commissioned by the government to establish a national innovation cluster for advanced medicines.

“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”

Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, ...

From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”

A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic ...

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

Whether in portable oxygen system devices or in bioreactors, the new proportional flow control valve VEMD from Festo provides extremely high control dynamics an...

Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

A suitable solution developed for UPM Biomedicals In the Festo LifeTech Application Center we tested a setup for UPM Biomedicals for the automatic dispensing of...

Oncopeptides läkemedel godkänt i Storbritannien

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

It is not easy to navigate the complex infrastructure for drug development in Sweden, where various contract players exist alongside the pharmaceutical companies.

Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas

Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in wh...

Studie: Apkoppor kan smitta före symtom

Över hälften av dem som fått apkoppor i det pågående utbrottet kan ha smittats av personer som ännu inte haft några symtom av sjukdomen, enligt en brittisk studie.

MSQ – Kompakt och lätt vridbord med hög precision

Nya MSQ från SMC är ett lågbyggt vridbord av kuggstångstyp med minskad vikt och större centrumhål för bättre genomföring av slang och kabel.

LESYH-X171 – Elektriskt slidbord med hög precision

SMC lanserar ett nytt elektriskt slidbord med kulskruv som ger hög precision. Kombinerat med absolut-enkoder undviks tidsödande referenskörning efter spänningsbortfall.

Johnson Pump TopWing

Johnson Pump TopWing hygienisk lobrotorpump

GMP-expert värvas som utbildningschef på Key2compliance

Magnus Jahnsson har anställts som ny Director of Training & Courses på Key2compliance, ett konsultföretag med fokus på att bistå företag inom life science.

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...

Scharlakansfeber hos barn väcker oro i Storbritannien

Ett ovanligt stort antal fall av scharlakansfeber har fått Storbritanniens hälsomyndigheter att uppmana föräldrar till uppmärksamhet på sina barns symtom.

WHO: Nya omikronvarianten XE kan vara mer smittsam

Den nya varianten omikron XE kan vara tio procent mer smittsam än de tidigare omikronvarianterna, rapporterar WHO och uppmanar länder att återuppta sekvensering...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

SMC lanserar världens smalaste magnetventil

Med robot-integratörer och maskinbyggare i åtanke lanserar SMC världens smalaste magnetventil. JSY:s låga vikt och små byggmått sparar energi/plats i rörliga ap...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Det här vet vi om det nya utbrottet av apkoppor

Utbrottet av apkoppor som uppstått väcker förvåning eftersom sjukdomen nu huvudsakligen sprids mellan människor, vilket tidigare varit ovanligt.

Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field

In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Sci...

Det här vet vi om den nya coronavarianten omikron XE

En ny rekombinant variant av coronaviruset med namnet omikron XE har väckt uppmärksamhet. Life Science Sweden frågade Niklas Arnberg, professor i virologi vid U...

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...