Calliditas ansöker om EMA-godkännande för Nefecon

Calliditas har lämnat in en marknadsansökan till Europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten, EMA, för ett läkemedel mot Bergers sjukdom.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

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 head of Vinnova

While waiting for a new gerenal-director, Vinnova has got a substitute general-director.

Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal

The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

Romantiskt musikaliskt drama

A Star is Born är en romantisk musikalisk dramafilm från 2018. Filmen är producerad av Bradley Cooper, hans första film som regissör.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project betwee...

Ny topp till Vetenskapsakademien

Professor Dan Larhammar har valts till ny preses av Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien – ett av målen är att folkbilda och att synas i samhällsdebatten.

Hey Kurt Berndt...

... who is starting up a research center for youths in Saltsjöbaden.

Rapid system for surface hygiene monitoring

The Clean-Trace Surface Testing Instruments are a rapid solution to monitor biological contamination on surfaces in real time to help customers manage their cle...

Preparering av sekvenseringsbibliotek från blod

Med Globin-Zero teknologin erhålls effektivare sekvenseringsbibliotek utan globin-mRNA eller ribosomalt rRNA.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

Focusing on Medicon Valley

Copenhagen Capacity and Invest in Skåne are hosting a seminar to promote the geographical area known as Medicon Valley. Some of the 350 life science companies f...

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Multilabel plate readers with luminescence capability

The Enspire Multilabel Plate Reader platform from Perkin Elmer now features sensitive luminescence detection. The new detection capability is primarily aimed at...

Orexo opens doors eastwards

The drug delivery company has signed a deal for selling a cancer pain treatment in China. "An ideal partner for us" says Torbjörn Bjerke, CEO of Orexo.

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

The winner of the race

She learned how to work hard at an early age and her devotion has certainly paid off. Whether it is field running or running a company, the key to success is fo...

75 million for research schools

Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University and Umeå University have received SEK 75 million from the Research Council. The money will be...

Happy exhibitors!

There were fewer vistors this year but most exhibitors are content.

Young, bright and committed to labtech

Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be bac...

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