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...

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.

"Imponerande kraftsamling gav vaccin"

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

Elypta awarded one million USD from the Star Trek creator’s foundation

Swedish company Elypta, which develops methods for early cancer detection, has been awarded one million USD from an unexpected source: a foundation set up in me...

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...

Accurate removal of prostate tissue

Medical robots play an important role in diagnostics

Quiet, fast, inexpensive: mass flow controller for life sciences

only minimal space and power consumption.

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.

Svensk diabetesforskning skjuts upp i rymden

Diabetesforskning från Uppsala universitet ska ta en flygtur 260 kilometer upp i rymden i samarbete med rymdbolaget SSC. Med experimentet hoppas forskare komma ...

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.

Forskare ska stråla samman i nytt life science-centrum

Byggnaden Forskaren ska bli en mötesplats för forskning och näringsliv med plats för 1 700 medarbetare.

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 ...

Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ventilator

The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of those working from home. Yet within the space of just four weeks...

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the ...

Saving lives worldwide with low-cost molecular diagnostics

High throughput testing for many upper respiratory tract pathogens thanks to automation technology

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

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.

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...

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.

Proteinsekvenserare baserad på degraderingsteknologi

PPSQ-serien är namnet på en ny serie instrument för sekvensering av proteiner genom Edman-degraderingskemi.

Autoklaveringspåsar med individuella indikatorer

Autoklaveringspåsarna från Sterilin kommer med texten "hazardous waste" förtryckt och har även en inbyggd indikator som gör att texten "autoclaved" visas efter ...

Vårt jobb är att ta höjd för det osannolika

"Rymdfärder och läkemedelsutveckling har många likheter. De är hårt reglerade verksamheter där minsta misstag kan få ödesdigra konsekvenser", skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.

Elekta säljer del av företaget

Gör sig av med mjukvara för anatomisk patologi.