No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”

So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National ...

Hon får tungt uppdrag i Astra Zeneca – ersätter frihetsberövad Kinachef

Astra Zeneca utser Iskra Reic till Executive Vice President (EVP), International. Det betyder att hon får ansvar för bolagets övergripande strategi i stora dela...

Genmab to Acquire Dutch biotech for USD 8 Billion

Danish pharmaceutical company Genmab has agreed to acquire Dutch firm Merus, a developer of cancer therapies, for USD 8 billion, equivalent to nearly SEK 75 billion.

Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award

This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “hav...

Eli Lilly requests re-examination of Alzheimer's drug recommendation

Eli Lilly has requested that the EMA re-examine its opinion on the company's Alzheimer's drug, Kisunla, the agency announced on Friday.

Danish biotech to buy struggling American oncology company

Danish drugmaker Pharmacosmos has agreed to acquire American pharmaceutical company G1 Therapeutics in a deal that amounts to 405 million dollars.

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RFK Jr. godkänd som USA:s nya hälsominister

Senaten har nu godkänt det kontroversiella valet av Robert F Kennedy Jr. som USA:s nya hälsominister.

Enkelt test kan förutsäga leversjukdom - ”Bygger på tre enkla blodprover”

Ett blodtest, utvecklat av forskare vid Karolinska institutet, kan förutsäga risken att utveckla allvarlig leversjukdom, enligt en ny studie

”En stor energiinjektion i hela cancervaccinfältet”

På senare år har utvecklingen av vaccin mot cancer gått allt snabbare. Norska Ultimovacs är en av de företag som försöker ta fram en ny typ av behandlingslinje ...

Eurocine ska utveckla mRNA-vaccinkandidat mot klamydia

Eurocine Vaccines har beslutat att utveckla ett mRNA-vaccin mot klamydia, och pausar samtidigt utvecklingen av den proteinbaserade vaccinkandidaten.

The top five most expensive drugs in 2025

New advanced therapeutic medicines are reaching the market, but their price tags remain exceptionally high. This year’s ranking of the most expensive drugs in t...

Catalent kapar bort 350 tjänster inom genterapi

CDMO-bolaget Catalent säger upp 350 av sina anställda inom genterapiproduktion i USA.

New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in

Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employme...

Astra Zeneca faces potential multimillion-dollar fines in China

Astra Zeneca could be forced to pay up up to $8 million in fines for allegedly unpaid import duties in China, as the company seeks to rebuild trust following ea...

Quality assurance for research and development of medical devices

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Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark

Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.

Life science trends 2025 – Neurology

New Alzheimer's drugs are beginning to be used in Sweden, more deals in the neuro sector are expected, and tools for deliver active substances across the blood-...

AI automates testing of implant coatings

The medical technology group Smith+Nephew uses an AI-supported light microscope ZEISS Axio Imager to inspect coated implants.

FDA:s rådgivande vaccinmöte inställt – utan förklaring

Ett årligt möte mellan FDA och deras rådgivande vaccinkommitté ställs in.

Allogene discontinues investigational antibody following patient death

U.S. biotechnology company Allogene Therapeutics is fully discontinuing the use of its experimental antibody ALLO-647 following the death of a patient in its pi...

Nytt blodtest ger hopp om diagnosmetod för ME

Ett nytt blodtest visar lovande resultat för att kunna upptäcka ME/CFS, enligt en brittisk studie. Resultaten väcker hopp om en framtida biomarkör, men metoden ...

ZEISS supports the transition of spatial biology to clinical research

Slide scanner ZEISS Axioscan 7 spatial biology provides scalable workflow automation.