A new life science cluster formed – “We are very strong in talent”

Stockholm and Uppsala’s joint life science cluster aims to be among the best in Europe. Pontus Holm, Life Science Coordinator for Region Stockholm, says the dec...

Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”

She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decid...

Prostalunds vd avgår – ”Ytterst beklagligt”

Vd:n för det skånska medtechbolaget Prostalund lämnar företaget. Det innebär att hela ledningen nu har sagt upp sig.

”Information security must become part of the Swedish life science strategy”

Sweden needs knowledge security to stand strong in the global competition, writes Björn Ursing in an opinion article.

Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

The art of building a biologic drug

The first biosimilar from Xbrane Biopharma was launched earlier this year, and several more are under development at the company’s facility in Solna, Sweden. “W...

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure t...

Science to Market - S2M

Study: Semaglutide tablet produces weight loss

The pharmaceutical semaglutide is effective for weight loss even when given in tablet form, according to a phase 3 study.

Cost-efficient development of laboratory devices

8 ways to optimise development costs and speed up processes

Ready-to-install solutions for the lab-on-a-chip

Design for manufacturing lab-on-a-chip devices Reducing time-to-market together

Styrelseordförande på svenskt medtechbolag polisanmäls för olovlig avlyssning

Det fortsätter att storma på Prostalund. Efter att hela ledningsgruppen, inklusive vd, sagt upp sig har personer i styrelsen nu polisanmälts. UPPDATERAD

Ny marknadschef på Karo Pharma

Anna Hale har blivit utsedd till Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Valnevas Sverige-vd hoppas på vaccinbeställningar från Sverige

Valnevas covidvaccin har fått EMA-godkännande, men det är ännu oklart om det kommer till Sverige. ”Jag hoppas Sverige kommer stödja vår verksamhet och låta sven...

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

Pharmiva stärker sin organisation

Pharmiva tillsätter Karolina Akerjordet som ny vice vd och Andrea Mildner som Head of Marketing and Sales.

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...

Ny genterapi mot hemofili B godkänd i EU

CSL Behring presenterar nu den första genterapeutiska behandlingen mot blödarsjuka typ B, hemofili B. Vektorn är ett adeno-associerat virus.

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

Revealing the secrets of a part

CT inspection in automation technology at Festo.