Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

One-step cleaning system for use in clean rooms

The Micronswep cleaning system from Berendsen is a single action cleaning system developed for use in clean rooms.

Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult

The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

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Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

Qiagen recently presented a method of dry blood sample storage as an alternative to storage in freezers.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and on...

Refrigerators and freezers with small footprints

The Biocompact series of freezers and refrigerators from Gram Commercial offers a small yet professional footprint.

Lytix calls in cash

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

New partnering platform

EBD Group's Partnering One is the new partnering platform for Biotech Forum 2009.

Platform for high security virus purification

Millipore Corporation has introduced the Viresolve Pro Solution system, a new system for purification of viruses. The technology in the new platform includes a ...

Future drugs from Amaryllis

A Danish research team has discovered possibolities to extract drugs fro Amaryllis.

Sekvenseringsjätten BGI satsar på molnet

Analys och datalagring av DNA-sekvenser tar stora datorresurser i anspråk.

Pfizer kan ta upp jakten

Om Astrazeneca är villigt kan nya samtal om uppköp inledas redan nästa vecka.

Chilifrukter, smärtläkemedel och katalys – Nobelprisen och forskningen bakom

Nobelveckan är i full gång, och på fredag hyllas pristagarna vid en ceremoni i Blå hallen i Stockholms stadshus med kungligheter och lokal publik på plats, och ...

Han är ny HR-chef på E-hälsomyndigheten

I mitten av februari tillträdde Johan Jervehed som ny chef för myndighetens HR-avdelningen.

Abbott expands by acquisition

An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.

Nytt sätt att strypa cancerceller

Ett forskarlag lett från Karolinska institutet och science for life laboratory har hittat ett nytt sätt att förhindra tillväxt av bröstcancerceller.

Nu godkänns Hemlibra för hemofilibehandling

Roche får behandling för hemofili A godkänd av EU-kommissionen.

Finnish-Dutch engineering cooperation continues

The University of Helsinki and ASM International renew a fice year research agreement on Atomic Layer Deposition.

Astrazeneca hotas med stämning

Anklagas för kartellverksamhet. Ska tillsammans med tre generikabolag ha påverkat kopior av magsårsläkemedlet Nexium.

Danish biorefinery can save US billions

The Danish Inbicon biorefinery process could save the US billions on foreign oil, the organization states.