Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

GSK tar över vaccinprogram från Curevac – som minskar personalstyrkan

Brittiska läkemedelsjätten Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, kommer att ta över rättigheterna för de mRNA-vaccinkandidater som utvecklats gemensamt med Curevac. I samband med det kommer 30...

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working...

Bolag tiodubblade läkemedelpris – döms till miljardböter

En brittisk appellationsdomstol har fastställt en bötessumma på 99 miljoner pund, motsvarande nästan 1,3 miljarder kronor, för ägarna av läkemedelsbolaget Advan...

Jazz anklagas för falskspel – går med på förlikning

Irländska Jazz Pharmaceuticals har gått med på att betala 145 miljoner dollar i förlikning efter anklagelser om brott mot amerikanska konkurrenslagar.

Lovande data för Eliceras CAR-T-terapi – ”Vi är mycket glada”

Göteborgsbolaget Elicera Therapeutics rapporterar positiva preliminära data från de första patienterna i en pågående klinisk utvärdering av bolagets CAR-T-terap...

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, abou...

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Cellevate stärker ledningen – utnämner CTO

Biotechbolaget Cellevate utnämner Christel Fenge till Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Ny framgång för Genmabs behandling mot livmoderhalscancer

Danska Genmabs antikroppskonjugat för behandling mot avancerad eller återkommande livmoderhalscancer får europeiskt godkännande.

How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

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Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will adv...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...

Studie: Livslängd består trots betydande viktåtergång efter fetmakirurgi

Hos personer som genomgått fetmakirurgi och senare gått upp en del i vikt kvarstår vissa positiva hälsoeffekter. Deras risk för cancer och dödlighet förblir den...

Genmabs antikroppskonjugat får japanskt godkännande

Danska Genmab har fått japanskt godkännande för sin behandling för avancerad eller återkommande livmoderhalscancer.

Cinclus licensavtal om Losecuppföljare kan ge miljarder

Cinclus Parma har ingått ett partnerskap och licencsavtal med Zentiva om kommersialisering i Europa av bolagets ledande läkemedelskandidat linaprazan glurate. A...

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...