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...

CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process

Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that i...

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health

Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more...

Rapid developments in AI – “All stakeholders are struggling to understand it”

Artificial intelligence is being discussed more and more, and developments in the field are moving rapidly. As the Swedish Medical Products Agency testifies, ke...

Dykrör för säkrare processer

Vad är viktigt att tänka på när du ska installera en temperaturmätare? Ett bra tips är att göra tvärtemot vad du brukar göra. Nämligen att börja bakifrån och jo...

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?

The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significa...

TCO easy comparison of electric and pneumatic solutions

Find the right technology for your application and compare CO₂ emission and TCO The shown results are not based on a sizing calculation, parameters like service...

Läkare vid Karolinska presenterar rön som kan ge bättre behandling av leukemi

Forskare vid Karolinska universitetssjukhuset har hittat en metod för mer effektiv behandling av aggressiv blodcancer, enligt en ny studie.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Spara vatten och minska avfallet

Att tillverka den bästa produkten till ett konkurrenskraftigt pris är en utmaning. Spara vatten och minska avfallet med ett piggingsystem från DEFINOX.

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

Uncertainty about the government’s life science work

The government’s national coordinator for life science, Jenni Nordborg, left her position almost four months ago. No one has yet succeeded her, and now question...

En miljon extra vaccindoser kan nå Sverige i sommar

Uppåt en miljon extra vaccindoser kan nå Sverige i sommar. Orsaken är att flera andra EU-länder börjar bli klara med sina vaccinationsprogram.

Ready-to-install solutions for the lab-on-a-chip

Design for manufacturing lab-on-a-chip devices Reducing time-to-market together

Gel av spindeltrådsprotein utvecklas för biomedicinsk användning

Spindeltrådens märkliga egenskaper kommer till användning när svenska forskare undersöker nya, potentiella metoder för bland annat regenerativ medicin och läkem...

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare

Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new mi...

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to decei...

Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”

”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writ...

Hello Jenni Nordborg!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.

Lucy Robertshaw: Artificial intelligence – is this really going to transform a patient’s life?

In a column Lucy Robertshaw reflects on how AI and new regulations will affect healthcare, innovation and the lives of future patients.

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approva...