Leo Pharmas nyförvärv floppade i studie

Danska Leo Pharmas läkemedelskandidat mot hudsjukdomen kongenial iktyos har misslyckats i en fas III-studie.

Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’

Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other in...

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...

Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”

With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve...

No longer afraid of the dentist.

Teaching robot with piezo technology

”Vi har börjat skala upp så fler ska få tillgång till analyser”

Mångsysslaren Richard Rosenquist Brandell har ofta jobbet i tankarna dygnet runt. Han har ett stort engagemang för precisionsmedicin och blodsjukdomar och har f...

Petter Hartman: Lust som drivkraft för livslångt lärande

”För att det livslånga lärandet ska bli mer än vackra ord krävs att rätt förutsättningar finns", skriver Petter Hartman i en krönika.

Nanologica tar in finansiering – satsar inom insulintillverkning

Bioteknikföretaget Nanologica har beslutat om en nyemission som ska ta in upp till 94 miljoner kronor. Det nya kapitalet ska användas till investeringar inom af...

The impact of the recession on the Swedish medtech sector

We need health care regardless of whether the economy is good or bad, but the current recession also affects the Medtech sector.

“We should avoid surgery if we can”

Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about rol...

Biogaia får orphan drug-status

Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten godkänner ansökan om genväg för läkemedelsprojekt mot nekrotiserande enterokolit.

Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”

The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Roches Alzheimersstudie en besvikelse – nådde inte målen

Det schweiziska läkemedelsbolaget Roche nådde inte de primära målen i en fas III-studie där läkemedelskandidaten gantenerumab utvärderades vid behandling av Alzheimers sjukdom.

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...

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

Nytt steg närmare marknaden för Sobis giktläkemedel

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Sobi har inlett en stegvis ansökan om marknadsgodkännande i USA för bolagets nya giktläkemedel Sel-212.

”Nu är vi ett fas III-bolag som är på god väg att nå marknaden”

Ascelias kontrastmedel med orphan drug-status prövas i fas III – hoppas nå marknaden år 2022.

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

New diagnostic rules raise concerns

In a panel discussion, several voices from academia and the industry expressed concerns about the transition to the new regulatory framework for in-vitro diagno...

Bio-Works ska leverera till Novo Nordisk

Substans i magisk svamp får genombrottsstatus

Den aktiva substansen i magic mushrooms får breakthrough-status hos FDA som behandling mot depression.

Hon är ny på Gradientech

Diagnostikbolaget Gradientech har rekryterat AnnaLotta Schiller Vestergren till tjänsten som Chief Commercial Officer.

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...