Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Han leder nytt bolag för utveckling av Coegins cancerläkemedel

Bioteknikbolaget Coegin Pharma placerar utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat AVX420 i ett nybildat bolag, Avexxin Oncology, med säte i Norge. Vd för bolaget blir John Zibert.

"Imponerande kraftsamling gav vaccin"

Det rekordsnabba framtagandet av nya vaccin under pandemin visar vad läkemedelsindustrin – och mänskligheten – kan åstadkomma när pressen är tillräckligt stor.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Scien...

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...

Heidi Stensmyren is eager for new challenges in the biotech industry

Heidi Stensmyren has served as President of the Swedish Medical Association, held a managerial position at Karolinska University Hospital and is now Medical Dir...

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Stort intresse för exit-seminarium

Det var fullt till sista plats när SDS bjöd in till en heldag om exitstrstegier och partnerskap.

Swedish life science in political focus

It feels like 2017 will be a good year for Swedish life science, says Anders Blanck, CEO at LIF.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish ...

Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work

A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...

”Vetenskapen måste vara på plats”

”Vetenskapen ska vara spännande, det ska vara världsklass”. Så svarar Bita Sehat, Industrifonden, på frågan om vad som krävs för att hon ska vilja investera i e...

The government proposes fines for pharmaceutical companies that fail to notify drug shortages in time

According to a compilation from the Swedish Medicines Agency, the number of residually notified medicines increased by 54 % in Sweden last year compared to the ...

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Tio bolag gör exit från inkubator

Inkubatorn Smile i Lund vinkar av tio bolag som är redo att lämna.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of De...

Rustar inför exit

Synthetic MR får en ny styrelsetopp lagom till avknoppningen från Accelerator.

Nytt internationellt center för stamcellsforskning skapas i Köpenhamn

Ett nytt center för stamcellsforskning slår upp portarna i januari månad. Bakom satsningen står Novo Nordisk Foundation och förhoppningen är att centret ska led...

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders...

Blodigt samarbete - för tronen och fler blodgivare

Ett oväntat samarbete för att få fler att ge blod.

Ny appartur för vanliga mätapplikationer

Med mätarna i Orion Star A210-serien från Thermo fisher scientific kan användaren bland annat bestämma pH, konduktivitet eller mängd upplöst syre i ett prov.