Superconductor technology: Contactless working in the laboratory of the future

Automated filling and weighing of freeze-dry containers in the cleanroom with SupraMotion from Festo

Curevacs covid-19-vaccin granskas av EMA

Ännu ett vaccin mot covid-19 granskas nu av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA. Tyska Curevacs vaccin är det sjätte i ordningen.

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

Ny CBO hos Bioinvent

Cancerforskningsföretaget Bioinvent har rekryterat Sylvie Ryckebusch till rollen som Chief Business Officer.

Nytt endosvaccin godkänt i USA

Det amerikanske läkemedelsföretaget Johnson & Johnson har fått ett nödgodkännande i USA för sitt vaccin mot covid-19 som ges i endast en dos.

Avgående vd världsbäst igen

Novo Nordisks vd Lars Rebien Sørensen kammar återigen hem förstaplatsen i Harvard Business Reviews rankning över världens 100 bästa vd:ar.

Ryska vaccinet Sputnik granskas av EMA

Det ryska vaccinet Sputnik V ska nu granskas av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA inför ett eventuellt godkännande inom EU.

Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”

The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that r...

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...

Diagnostikbolag från Umeå kan bli Årets exportsuccé

Umeåföretaget Nordic Biomarker, som utvecklar koagulationsdiagnostik, har gått till final i Årets exportsuccé.

Pfizer’s record year – topped the $100 billion mark

In 2022 Pfizer, as the first pharmaceutical company in history, reached an annual revenue of more than 100 billion dollars, thereby surpassing Johnson & Johnson...

Han tar över vd-posten på Smartcella

Biotech- och medtech-bolaget Smartcella har utsett Niklas Prager till ny vd. I sommar efterträder han Johan Rugfeldt, som går tillbaka till rollen som COO i för...

Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients wit...

40,000 DNA extractions daily

It's great when things run quickly: 20 minutes per extraction process and a new plate every 2.5 minutes – the Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation, in cooperat...

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster

Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish gov...

Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

Han blir vd för Stockholm Business Region

Staffan Ingvarsson, tidigare vd på Stokab, tillträder den 1 april som vd för Stockholm Business Region.

Storsatsning i Uppsala – life science-område ska växa kraftigt

Uppsalas största life science-kluster ska bli större – mycket större. Området i Fyrislund ska tredubblas till ytan och ge plats för ytterligare 12 000 arbetspla...

Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO

When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?

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.

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

to maintain a close presence in the business,” she says.

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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move i...