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.

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

Aegirbios köpplaner spricker efter börsras

Aegirbios planer på att förvärva testbolaget Dynamic Code spricker. Som orsak anges den negativa börsutvecklingen i Aegirbio.

Dynamic code valde crowdfunding

I det nya vårdlandskapet är det inte bara patienter som använder sig av crowdfunding. Även bolag kan använda metoden för att dra in kapital.

Elekta ska träna strålningspersonal i Indien

Strålbehandlingsbolaget Elekta startar ett utbildningscenter i Mumbai i samarbete med indiska Healthcare Global Enterprises. Meningen är att låta medicinsk pers...

Precision and accuracy in liquid handling

How to evaluate and optimize liquid handling performance

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Aegirbios vd sjukskriven

Aegirbios vd Martin Linde är sjukskriven tillsvidare. Istället tar Patrik Elfwing över som tillförordnad vd.

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...

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.

Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry

Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Dir...

We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter

Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.

Aegirbio bryter med Nowmed

Diagnostikförtaget Aegirbio avslutar sitt avtal med distributören Nowmed.

Aegirbio utser ny vd

Det problemtyngda diagnostikbolaget Aegirbio har utsett Bradley Messmer till ny vd.

Problemen hopar sig för Aegirbio

Column: ”Cheating with pea flowers and does it matter whether you are right?”

Is it possible to forgive shortcuts or outright cheating in science - if it turns out that the researcher was ultimately right? Anna Törner discuss this topic in a column.

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

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...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...

Flexibel ventilterminal från Festo

VTSA Terminalen från Festo är marknadens mest flexibla ventilterminal. Här kan du ansluta dina fria I/O signaler och styra hydrauliska rörelser. Du kan även bla...

Flexibel ventilterminal från Festo

VTSA Terminalen från Festo är marknadens mest flexibla ventilterminal. Här kan du ansluta dina fria I/O signaler och styra hydrauliska rörelser. Du kan även bla...

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...

Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations

Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive ...