Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”

In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 1...

HAB Nicolai Johannsen

“Life science is important on a personal level”

From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of ...

Automated nitrogen analysis reduces costs per sample

N-Realizer analytical system from C. Gerhardt increases productivity with valve block from Festo

Stanfords rektor avgår efter anklagelser om forskningsfusk

Mitt i sommaren meddelade neuroforskaren Marc Tessier-Lavigne att han lämnar sin post som rektor för Stanford efter anklagelser om manipulerade studiedata. ”Han...

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

Cost-efficient development of laboratory devices

8 ways to optimise development costs and speed up processes

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

Scandinavian CRO köps av finländskt bolag – ”Utmärkta möjligheter att växa”

Kontraktsforskningsbolaget Scandinavian CRO förvärvas av Helsingforsbaserade Labquality.

Nanexa develops depot formulation of the diabetes and obesity drug Saxenda

Uppsala-based company Nanexa has signed an agreement with a German contract research company to start a clinical study with a monthly depot of liraglutide. The ...

Nytt fetmapiller gör entré i Sverige – nu till apoteken

Den här veckan kommer ett nytt aptitdämpande fetmaläkemedel, Qsiva, för första gången till svenska apotek. ”Jättebra med ett till alternativ”, säger obesitasfor...

Nio förslag från branschen för bättre life science i EU

Ett enhetligt regelverk för kliniska prövningar, en både holistisk och målinriktad life science-strategi – och ett särskilt kontor inom EU-kommissionen för att ...

AI-Driven Microscopy Image Analysis in Pharma and Biotech

Extract breakthrough discoveries from large, complex data sets.

Seminarier får svensk life science att blomstra: “Fyller rummet med rätt personer”

Minimala risker, maximal räckvidd. Genom ett unikt koncept hjälper nu Medicon Valley Alliance företag att skapa mötesplatser där rätt personer samlas – och intresset ökar.

Nordisk VD för ZEISS lämnar över stafettpinnen

Walther Heger, Managing Director för ZEISS Nordics sedan 28 år, har beslutat sig för att avsluta en imponerande karriär. I slutet av september kommer Walther He...

Lundabolag fick grönt ljus för lansering i Storbritannien

Lundbaserade EQL Pharma har fått tillstånd för marknadsföring i Storbritannien av sin melatoninprodukt Mellozzan.

Clean solutions - Handling viscose substances with precision

Laboratories in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food technology industries are increasingly relying on automation for sample preparation. The Mo...

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

Carl Zeiss AB

No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be disca...

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

Save time and money !

Festo Digital engineering tools helps you to calculate the most cost and efficient solution for your application for free

Great Swedish innovations: Eye treatment became a feather in Pharmacia’s cap

From complicated and sometimes risky surgery to a routine procedure. Pharmacia’s injectable Healon revolutionised the field of eye surgery - and is considered b...

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...