Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

This is Sweden's largest life science region

About 60 percent of all jobs within swedish life science are found in the Stockholm-Uppsala area. This was stated in a report presented at Scanlab & Biotech Forum today.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

Teva misstänks för vilseledande information om konkurrerande MS-läkemedel

EU-kommissionen misstänker den israeliska läkemedelstillverkaren Teva för brott mot EU:s konkurrensregler, och för att ha spridit vilseledande information om ri...

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.

First ever study of human stem cell treatment

The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.

Asgard, Aniara och Astra Zeneca: Så valde bolagen sina namn – del 2

Trojaner, litterära klassiker och bisarra konspirationsteorier – här kommer den sista artikeln i vår serie om företagsnamn inom life science.

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

Hey Kurt Berndt...

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

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.

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a sma...

Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth

The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at app...

Här är XNK:s nya anläggning i Huddinge

Cellterapibolaget XNK Therapeutics meddelade på torsdagen att företagets nya GMP-anläggning med renrum nu står klar.

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on ...

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organizatio...

Blodprov förutser svår covid-19

Med hjälp av ett blodprov vid inläggningen på sjukhus kan man förutse vilka patienter som löper förhöjd risk att drabbas av svår covid-19.

Lytix calls in cash

Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.

Medivirs nya vd: ”Att komma tillbaka till onkologi är som att komma hem”

Redan i oktober blev det klart att Jens Lindberg stiger in som vd för Medivir. Och nu har han gjort sina första dagar som verkställande direktör i bioteknikföretaget.

Linköpingsforskare ska studera samband mellan vanligt läkemedel och benbrott

Det oroväckande sambandet mellan ett vanligt läkemedel mot benskörhet och ökad risk för en viss typ av benbrott ska studeras i ett internationellt forskningspro...

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Success fee to Bioinvent and partner

The cancer collaboration started last year. After successful technology transfer the two partner companies now receives 5 million euro from pharma giant Roche.

Fewer visitors but satisfied exhibitors

Biotech Forum Scanlab attracted fewer visitors than in 2008. Exhibition manager Bo Rasmussen is content, claiming that the exhibitors are very satisfied.

Mikroplaster i bajs

En ny studie har hittat mikroplastpartiklar i avföringsprover från människor för första gången.