Carl Zeiss Meditec achieves revenue growth and stable operating profit

Further recovery in order entry compared to prior year.

Wegovy approved in the U.S. for treatment of liver disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Novo Nordisk’s drug Wegovy to treat the serious liver condition known as MASH. ...

ZEISS announces CE mark for CIRRUS PathFinder AI tool with automated OCT assessment

Fully integrated AI decision support tool flags B scans that may require further review, supporting more confident decision making and more efficient patient care.

Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities

What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Kar...

Quality assurance for research and development of medical devices

Overcome the hurdles of research, development, and QA lab environments within the regulated medical technology industry.

Billion-Dollar Deal Sends BioArctic Soaring

Swedish Alzheimer-focused company BioArctic has entered into a licensing collaboration with Novartis regarding a technology aimed at enhancing efficient drug de...

The race between new alzheimer’s drugs Kisunla and Leqembi heats up

Kisunla or Leqembi? The rivalry between Eli Lilly and Bioarctic is intensifying. Where one drug gains approval, the other falls behind. Here's a look at the mar...

Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer

Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by a...

Ny behandling för dödlig lungsjukdom – första på ett decennium

För första gången på över tio år har nu ett nytt läkemedel godkänts mot den svårbehandlade lungsjukdomen idiopatisk lungfibros, IPF.

Novo Nordisk appoints Mike Doustdar as new CEO

The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has appointed Mike Doustdar as its new CEO. At the same time, the company announced it was lowering its forecasts –...

The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science (2026)

Cancer researcher: “We can do better and reduce suffering”

Lund University researcher Catharina Hagerling is developing innovative methods to understand metastatic cancer, aiming to create more targeted treatments for p...

A new special edition and a new event in Copenhagen – This is happening at Life Science Sweden 2024

The new year brings new features for the readers of Life Science Sweden.

Anna Törner: ”Orphan Designation – the "petite robe noire" of drug development”

It is easy to cling to various regulatory incentives, like orphan designation, and other expedited pathways, without understanding what they truly mean or wheth...

Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?

Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it

Explore the latest trends and innovations in quality assurance and manufacturing

ZEISS QUALITY INNOVATION SUMMIT in Berlin, October 22-24, 2024.

Neogap värvar tungt namn inom cellterapi

Bioteknikbolaget Neogap Therapeutics fyller på styrelsen med expertis inom cellterapi i form av professor Jonas Mattsson.

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...

Explore the possibilities of the new ZEISS METROTOM 800 320 kV

Free ZEISS webinar July 10, 9:00-9:45 AM and 5:00-5:45 PM.

One System, Three Contrasting Techniques

ZEISS Axioscan 7 clinical - your digital slide scanner for diagnostics and clinical research.

How critical are the “Spermageddon” reports? – Researchers call for action

A much talked about meta-study indicates that sperm concentration in men’s seminal fluid has halved in 40 years. Experts in andrology that Life Science Sweden s...

Lund University’s record-breaking recruitment – attracting researchers from around the world

The Swedish university is launching its largest international recruitment effort ever, aiming to hire 25 researchers globally, including several in the medical field.

EU har nått läkemedelsuppgörelse – ”Inte tillräckligt”

Efter fleråriga förhandlingar har EU nått en preliminär uppgörelse om ett omfattande läkemedelspaket. Uppgörelsen innebär bland annat att kommissionens omstridd...

New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing incl. Advanced Therapies: Copenhagen (2026)