The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a propos...

Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme

Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, ...

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct s...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare rejects prioritising andrology as a speciality

Male infertility can be linked to a shorter lifespan and several severe diseases, but when couples who want children are examined, the focus is on the woman. Ex...

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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.

Automated opening and closing of sample vials

From technical requirements to a suitable solution

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave fo...

Henrik Zetterberg tilldelas Ingvarpriset

Professor Henrik Zetterberg belönas med Ingvarpriset från Svenska läkaresällskapet (SLS) för framstående forskningsinsatser inom kognitiva sjukdomar.

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

Collaboration in laboratory automation

The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with high throughput, working very closely together with Festo. As a resu...

Pharmacologs alternativ: Sälj av bolaget eller gå i likvidation

Pharmacolog behöver sälja hela eller delar av sin verksamhet. Det anser bolagets styrelse, som även ser frivillig likvidation som ett alternativ.

Studie: Enkel dos antibiotika kan förhindra var tredje fall av sepsis vid förlossning

En enda dos antibiotika minskar kraftigt risken för sepsis under förlossning och kan därmed rädda miljontals kvinnor i låg- och medelinkomstländer från att drab...

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network ...

Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively ...

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...

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.

Camurus behandling mot opioidberoende godkänd i USA

Lundabolaget Camurus har fått sin behandling för opioidberoende godkänd i USA.

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.

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"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...

Novo Nordisk vill köpa fransk samarbetspartner

Danska Novo Nordisk har inlett förhandlingar med medtech-företaget Biocorps största ägare om att förvärva samtliga av dess aktier i bolaget. Om affären går i lå...

”Bedragarna som brann för sina medicinföretag”

Life Science Swedens chefredaktör Samuel Lagercrantz kommenterar det nu aktuella Theranos-fallet och drar paralleller till en annan medicinskandal – som brisera...