From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”

A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic ...

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Study: Chat GPT is more empathetic than doctors

The AI tool Chat GPT is not only more accurate when it comes to answering patient questions – the chatbot is also perceived as almost 10 times more empathetic t...

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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed

Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borreb...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

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Astra Zeneca tecknar AI-samarbete värt miljarder

Astra Zeneca och kinesiska CSPC Pharmaceuticals har inlett ett AI-drivet forskningsavtal värt flera miljarder dollar.

New moves around Nykode's management – withdrawal of resignations

Norwegian Nykode Therapeutics is reinstating members of the management team who previously announced their resignations.

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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry

19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn...

Uppdraget till Recipharm: Tillverka två nya malariavaccin

Svenskgrundade Recipharm utvidgar sitt samarbete med Oxfords universitet inom malariavaccin.

Mångmiljardaffär i jakten på nästa blockbuster inom cancer

Bristol Myers Squibb betalar upp till 11,1 miljarder dollar, motsvarande 106 miljarder kronor, för att köpa in sig i en av de hetaste läkemedelskandidaterna inom immunonkologi.

Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse

The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala resear...

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

Alvotech i nytt miljardavtal om biosimilarer

Stockholmsnoterade Alvotech har ingått avtal med brittiska Advanz Pharma om kommersialisering av tre biosimilarkandidater.

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

"Unclear proposal from the EU Commission on how to solve the MDR challenges"

Even before the EU regulation on medical devices (MDR) came into force, medical technology companies and doctors were concerned that it would endanger the avail...

Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”

It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic hav...

Key2brain i licensavtal med italiensk läkemedelsjätte

Solnabaserade Key2brain har ingått ett licensavtal med italienska Chiesi Group om utveckling av terapier som kan passera blod-hjärnbarriären.

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

Tyska Biontech storsatsar i Storbritannien

Den tyska vaccin- och läkemedelsutvecklaren Biontech ska investera upp till en miljard pund, motsvarande nästan 13 miljarder kronor, på att utveckla sin forskni...

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