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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, ...

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

Q-linea tar in kapital till fortsatt USA-satsning – ”Har positionerat oss starkt”

Uppsalabolaget Q-linea, som utvecklar produkter för infektionsdiagnostik, har beslutat att ta in upp till 225 miljoner kronor i en nyemission.

ZEISS Lightfield 4D for instant volumetric high-speed imaging

Capturing physiological and neuronal processes in 3D.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

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...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

”Använd modern teknologi för utveckling av vårdens verksamheter”

”Vurmen för IT-system à la 80/90-tal är stor. Misstänksamheten mot moderna lösningar likaså”, skriver Leading Health Cares generalsekreterare Hans Winberg i en ...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will adv...

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life scienc...

Vicore tar in 782 miljoner för sin lungfibroskandidat

Vicore Pharma har beslutat att ta in upp till 782 miljoner kronor i en företrädesemission för att finansiera fortsatt utveckling av bolagets behandling för idio...

GSK betalar 23 miljarder för att slippa rättstvister kring Zantac

Den brittiska läkemedelsjätten Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, har gått med på att betala 2,2 miljarder dollar – motsvarande närmare 23 miljarder kronor – för att lösa ...

Valves with piezo technology

Efficient control and regulation of gases in medical technology

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...

Astra Zeneca miljardsatsar i USA – bygger FoU-center i Kendall Square

Astra Zeneca ska investera motsvarande 38 miljarder kronor i USA. Samtidigt skakas bolaget av utredningar mot anställda i företaget i Kina.

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Arbetar du med “pick & place” och kollaborativa robotar?

Vill du minska tidsåtgången för design, installation och uppstart av nya komponenter? Nya RMH från SMC är ett pneumatiskt gripdon, tillgängligt i 3 olika varian...

Fransk medicinjätte investerar 100 miljoner i Vicore

Den franska läkemedelskoncernen Sanofi investerar tungt i Vicore Pharmas pågående företrädesemission, som syftar till fortsatt utveckling av buloxibutid, ett ny...