New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be ...

Abbott expands by acquisition

An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.

BioWorks lanserar kromatografiprodukt

Uppsalabaserade kromatografibolaget Bio-Works meddelar att man lanserar en ny produkt för storskalig rening av biologiska läkemedel.

Projektkoordinator Sobi, Stockholm

Ny teknik kan upptäcka alzheimer tidigare

Detektion av specifika former av proteinet tau i blodprover kan ge tidigare diagnostik av personer med alzheimer, redan innan de första symptomen uppstår.

Trio goes in for high tech medicines

The Swedish drug discovery company Beactica announces fragment-based drug discovery research collaboration with GE Healthcare and the University of Uppsala.

Filter tips for safer pipetting and better accuracy

Biohit has launched new Safetyspace Filter Tips that have more space between the sample and the filter than conventional filter tips usually have.

Ökad dödlighet av klorokin och hydroxyklorokin vid covid-19

En stor observationsstudie pekar på att de omtalade malarialäkemedlen mot covid-19 ökade dödligheten på sjukhus. (UPPDATERAD)

Fästingprotein prövas mot covid-19

Ett skotskt biotechföretag och forskare i Oxford har inlett ett samarbete för att ta reda på om ämnen som fästingar utsöndrar kan användas som behandling vid covid-19.

Gard bättre än OECD-standard

En ny studie bekräftar att lundabolaget Senzagens sensibiliseringstest är det mest exakta för att bestämma kemikaliers hudpåverkan för industrins behov.

GSK och Novartis i storaffär

Läkemedelsjättarna köper, säljer och bildar samriskbolag inom receptfria läkemedel.

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

Life science in Stockholm

Sweden has the fourth-largest biotech market in Europe. More than half of its biotechnology enterprise, some 460 companies, is located in the Stockholm region.

Biotage is regrouping

The Swedish company Biotage takes yet another step in streamlining efforts, by outsourcing all instrument production to contract manufacturers.

Framåt för Zubsolv

Efter ett händelserikt tredje kvartal visar Orexo upp ett minskat resultat men en ökad nettoomsättning för Zubsolv i USA.

Hormones make children fat

A new Danish million project will define the connection between hormons and obesity amongst children.

New influenza vaccine to EU

The Astrazeneca subsidary Medimmune submits marketing authorisationapplication in EU for an new intranasal vaccine against influenza.

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

Infidelity produces faster sperms

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg.

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Seminar program Biotech Forum

Here is the entire seminar program at Biotech Forum September 28-29th

Will the industry follow the economic revival?

Welcome to the eleventh Biotech Forum + Scanlab Fair!

Danisco first with green emulsifier

A new sustainable emulsifier from Danisco meets the increasing consumer demand for ethically correct consumer goods.

Medicult needs a word of advice

Medicult Board retains advisers, regarding the previous offer from Vitrolife.