Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed

Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.

”We need compatibility“

Penilla Gunther, founder of Fokus Patient and chair of the European Patient Safety Foundation, hopes that the forthcoming life science strategy will focus on ef...

Scale Up Your Image Analysis

ZEISS arivis Hub for accelerated analysis and faster results.

Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse

The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala resear...

Eternal Rye – Improving Plant Breeding Methods

User story from Martin Luther University Halle.

NorthX Biologics Matfors AB

It couldn’t be simpler

AI-assisted ZEISS Solution inspects implant coatings automatically.

Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!

Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now bee...

Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”

Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a...

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More than 50 distinguished speakers from leading manufacturing companies.

A mass flow controller that is silent, fast and cost-effective

Portable ventilator breathing devices, bioreactors or the dosing of inert gases all rely on the highest control dynamics. That is exactly what the proportional ...

Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks

For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thro...

Pharma Relations AB

Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”

The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that r...

Cytel Sweden

Automated nitrogen analysis reduces costs per sample

N-Realizer analytical system from C. Gerhardt increases productivity with valve block from Festo

Venom from the deathstalker carries radiopharmaceuticals to the brain

In order to target cancerous brain tumours with radionuclides, the problematic blood-brain barrier must first be crossed. Life Science Sweden has visited a KI r...

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...

Meribel Pharma Solna

Recipharm divests five Swedish plants

Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity compa...

Tre forskare får Nobelpriset i kemi 2024

Årets Nobelpris i kemi går till David Baker, Demi Hassabis och John M. Jumper för att ha lyckats bygga nya proteiner och förutspå proteiners komplexa struktur.

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Extensive agreements signed at Scilifelab

Four agreements were signed between Swedish and Dutch life science players in connection with the Dutch state visit earlier this month.

Happy International Women's Day!

This March, we're dedicating Fridays to spotlight women in STEM. The first article is about Helena, a Sales Engineer in Sweden. Read why she likes to work with ...