Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”

In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 1...

Festo Expands its Portfolio with Multilayer Manifolds

Manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment now receive solutions from a single source

Immedica tar över epilepsiläkemedel i miljardaffär

Stockholmsbaserade Immedica Pharma har ingått ett avtal om att förvärva amerikanska Marinus Pharmaceuticals för cirka 151 miljoner dollar, motsvarande nästan 1,...

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Peptonic drar sig ur Israel – "Ökade svårigheter"

Peptonic Medical har beslutat att avveckla sitt israeliska dotterbolag på grund av ”lönsamhetsutmaningar” och ”ökade svårigheter att bedriva verksamhet” i landet.

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

About Microscope Ergonomics

Learn about ergonomic microscope design and how you can increase your well-being and productivity when working in clinical microscopy. Read about challenges, de...

Lundabolag fick grönt ljus för lansering i Storbritannien

Lundbaserade EQL Pharma har fått tillstånd för marknadsföring i Storbritannien av sin melatoninprodukt Mellozzan.

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

Efter motgångar – framsteg för Oncopeptides i Italien

Knappt ett år efter bakslaget i USA får Oncopeptides nu medvind i Europa. Det svenska bolaget får ett formellt godkännande för full subvention av sitt cancerläk...

Forskaren i Hagastaden nu invigd

Fastighetsföretaget Vecturas life science-center i Hagastaden, Forskaren, är nu invigd. Vid invigningen närvarade både folk från branschen, politiker och kungligheter.

Hajpat genterapibolag skär ner med 65 procent

Det en gång så omsusade genterapibolaget Editas Medicine säger upp 65 procent av sin personal – omkring 180 medarbetare – till följd av ett beslut om att avbryt...

Sobi announces agreement with Enable Injections

Swedish biopharma Sobi has entered into an international development and distribution agreement with US drug delivery company Enable Injections.

The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”

It took several years of failures in GLP-1 before Lotte Bjerre Knudsen and her colleagues found the right path – but when they did, it was a true breakthrough. ...

Cancer researcher: “We can do better and reduce suffering”

Lund University researcher Catharina Hagerling is developing innovative methods to understand metastatic cancer, aiming to create more targeted treatments for p...

“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...

GSK acquires oncology research company

GSK acquires the American biotechnology company Idrx for up to 1.15 billion dollars.

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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated

The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politi...

Hon ska leda affärsutvecklingen på Diamyd i Umeå

Diamyd Medical, som utvecklar läkemedel mot typ 1-diabetes, har anställt Sofia Mayans som affärsutvecklingschef vid företagets produktionsanläggning i Umeå.

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He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

Uppmärksammat cancertestbolag försatt i konkurs

Det prisbelönta cancerdiagnostikbolaget Icellate Medical har hamnat på obestånd och försatts i konkurs.