Investment CEO: “The Nordics are outstanding in creating successful medtech companies”

Since the beginning of last month, Susanna Francke Rodau has been a partner and the new CEO of Segulah Medical Acceleration, which invests in medical technology...

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From pharmacist to life science podcaster – Magnus Lejelöv uses his voice as a tool

Magnus Lejelöv has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has conducted nearly two hundred interviews with healthcare professionals...

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Medical device quality assurance

Recordings from ZEISS Quality Innovation Days.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”

Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.

On the hunt for high throughput diagnostics

Global diagnostics companies and laboratories are in a race against time to adapt testing capacity to current demand. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, the d...

Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think

Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.

Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”

of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.

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How to transport hydrogen - the BionicHydrogenBattery

Have you ever wondered how hydrogen should be transported and stored safely. Well, here is a solution for all who is interested in making a true infrastructure work.

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...

Study: Vaccination linked to lower risk of post-COVID

The risk of developing post-COVID after a COVID infection was reduced in vaccinated people, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”

”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.

Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

Norway rejects national life science strategy – sees no need

The Norwegian Arbeiderpartiet rejects a proposal that Norway should develop its own life science strategy.

The International Vaccine Institute’s office in Sweden is expanding

The International Vaccine Institute’s Stockholm office has been open for over a year. During the past year, training programmes and projects have been launched, says Anh Wartel, Head of the office....

Beta-blockers are often given unnecessarily, a study finds – “This will affect future practice”

Patients who have suffered a minor heart attack do not benefit from beta-blockers, according to a major new study that may change guidelines for cardiac care.

The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science (2026)

No longer afraid of the dentist.

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AI-Driven Microscopy Image Analysis in Pharma and Biotech

Extract breakthrough discoveries from large, complex data sets.

Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients

In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

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.

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...