Alzinova får FDA:s snabbspår för sitt alzheimervaccin

Biofarmabolaget Alzinovas vaccinkandidat mot Alzheimers sjukdom har beviljar Fast Track-status av USA:s läkemedelsmyndighet FDA.

Klartecken för Eli Lillys alzheimerläkemedel i EU – blir konkurrent till Leqembi

EU-kommissionen gör tummen upp för alzheimerläkemedlet Kisunla från Eli Lilly, som därmed blir den andra godkända bromsbehandlingen för sjukdomen i EU.

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MSD discontinues two Keytruda trials

MSD has stopped two late-stage trials that tested its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for skin and lung cancer.

Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm

Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs ar...

Oncopeptides tar in 150 miljoner för Europasatsning – och blickar vidare mot Japan

Oncopeptides fortsätter sin kommersialisering av blodcancerläkemedlet Pepaxti i Europa, och genomför en nyemission på upp till 150 miljoner kronor. Samtidigt på...

Bästsäljaren Keytruda blir enklare att ta – godkänns i subkutan form

MSD (känt som Merck i USA och Kanada) har fått klartecken från FDA och CHMP för en ny variant av sitt storsäljande cancerläkemedel Keytruda. Den nya versionen, ...

Norska PCI Biotech avbryter sitt huvudprojekt

Oslobaserade PCI Biotech avbryter utvecklingen av sin fotokemiska teknologiplattform (PCL) för produktion av virusvektorer – och nu är bolagets framtid osäker.

Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men

The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while n...

Siemens köper forskningsplattform inom läkemedel för 51 miljarder

Siemens AG tar ett rejält kliv in på life science-området genom att förvärva amerikanska Dotmatics och dess forskningsplattform i en affär på 5,1 miljarder doll...

Career coach on salaries: “There is no right or wrong”

What is a reasonable salary for my job? It's a question we all ask ourselves. But how important is a higher salary really? Career coach Tina Persson believes th...

New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a...

Marie Gårdmark: “What to expect from Trump’s second term?”

One may complain about the complex multinational system in EU, but it gives us some predictability that cannot be easily overturned by different member states p...

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AZ gets approval for drug targeting rare disease – it may reduce cortisone dependence

AstraZeneca’s drug Fasenra gets an expanded indication in the EU and is now approved as a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”

A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiolog...

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.

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Storaffär inom CAR-T-terapier – Roche tar över amerikanskt bolag

Roche förvärvar amerikanska Poseida Therapeutics och stärker sin portfölj inom CAR-T-cellsterapier.

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

“Don’t postpone the transition to IVDR”

Operators who have not yet started to adapt to the requirements of the new EU IVDR regulation are running out of excuses. This is the opinion of Helena Dzojic, ...

Swedish life science is growing – but capital is not keeping up

The number of employees and companies in Swedish life science is increasing and the sector is more equal than many other sectors. But investments in unlisted co...

”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”

Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.

Alzinova tar steg mot fas II-studie i USA

Biofarmabolaget Alzinova hoppas kunna inleda en fas II-studie med sin vaccinkandidat mot Alzheimers under andra halvåret 2025.