Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience

An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter o...

Peptonics dotterbolag ansöker om konkurs

En konkursansökan har lämnats in för Lune Group Oy, ett finskt dotterbolag till femtechbolaget Peptonic Medical.

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...

Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU

Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hung...

Vd rasar mot Sophiahemmet efter konkurs: ”Kan knappt beskriva det”

I måndags försattes C Medicals urologklinik på Sophiahemmet i konkurs, trots miljonomsättning och framstående cancerspecialister. ”Det är en konkurs som enbart ...

Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far

German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.

Får utökat uppdrag på Amrop

Cecilia Callmer har fått ett utökat uppdrag på företaget Amrop, som arbetar med chefs- och styrelserekrytering samt ledarutveckling. Hon kommer att tillsammans ...

Eternal Rye – Improving Plant Breeding Methods

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Han är ny på Wellspect Healthcare

Mölndalsbaserade medtech-bolaget Wellspect Healthcare har rekryterat Chris Schlenk till group vice president.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: Demystification of the power of a scientific study

”You surely do realize that even the smallest changes in study assumptions may influence the estimated sample size needed. And how is it even possible to guess ...

Single-use sats för läkemedels- och bioteknikindustrin

AxFlow kan nu erbjuda single-use sats från Carolina Components Group, som etablerar sig över hela världen som en tillverkare med spetskompetens inom sterila art...

Medhouse är med och lanserar GAPS - en global allians inom Life Science

Medhouse har tillsammans med 6 andra internationella konsultföretag skapat Global Alliance for Pharma Solutions (GAPS). Alliansen består därmed av ett robust in...

KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures

A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying...

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Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”

Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks appr...

5 blir till 1 - Läs mer om Senseca!

GHM Groups välkända fabrikat – Honsberg, Val.Co, Greisinger, Martens och DeltaOHM – slår sig samman och bildar det nya, starka varumärket Senseca. Detta innebär...

Utökat samarbete mellan KI och Chiesi

Italienska Chiesi och Karolinska institutet utökar sitt samarbete inom bland annat luftvägssjukdomar.

In search of Marcel Proust's lost health

A great writer, but also a weak person and a hypochondriac. That has been the usual image of Marcel Proust. But the pediatrician and literary scholar Carl Lindg...

Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”

A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiolog...

Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away

A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 o...

Investcorp förvärvar Sanos Group

Investcorp förvärvar CRO-bolaget Sanos Group som är specialiserade på artrosforskning.

Tataa inrättar vetenskapligt råd

Tataa Biocenter bildar ett rådgivande vetenskapligt råd. Nu har de fem första experterna i rådet utsetts.

Swedish pavilion with healthcare companies at Ukraine fair – “Ukraine is being rebuilt right now”

Private companies and public authorities are both needed in the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, in her openi...