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...

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...

Reumaläkemedel lovande mot covid-19 enligt studie

Läkemedlet baricitinib pekas ut som en lovande behandling för patienter med covid-19.

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...

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...

SBU-rapport listar långvariga covidsymtom

I en ny sammanställning konstaterar SBU vilka som är de vanligaste symtomen som rapporterats vid långtidscovid.

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.

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.

Brexit looking back and looking forward

More than 3 years have passed after the vote and there is still uncertainty around the outcome although the UK December 12 election set a clearer course towards...

"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...

Västerbotten: Slut på influensavaccin

Nu är influensavaccinet slut i Västerbotten meddelar landstinget. Inga fler doser kommer i år.

Fondmedel till forskning

Insamlingsstiftelsen Cancer-och Allergifonden ger medel till 23 forskningsprojekt.

Snabb masspektrometer för ökad produktivitet

Masspektrometri. LCMS-8030 är en ny trippel-kvadropol masspektrometer med avancerad teknologi vilken ger den en snabb prestanda.

Stora skillnader i smittorisk vid mässlingsutbrott

Nu presenteras forskning som kan påverka smittspårningen vid framtida mässlingsutbrott. En studie av det uppmärksammade utbrottet i Göteborg härom året visar nä...

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.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life sci...

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.

Jättelik forskningsanläggning ska avslöja de minsta partiklarna

En gigantisk ”neutronfabrik” växer fram i Lund, med vars hjälp det ska gå att studera material på en extremt detaljerad nivå. Anläggningen ska bidra till bättre...

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