Umeåforskaren Julia tog fram testmetod – och fick ett hektiskt år

När Sverige stängde ner gjorde Umeåforskaren Julia Wigren Byström tvärtom – hon satte full fart. Mitt under brinnande pandemi utvecklade hon och en kollega en t...

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Hormones make children fat

A new Danish million project will define the connection between hormons and obesity amongst children.

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

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...

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.

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma ...

”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...

Specialröntgen möjlig i Göteborg

På Sahlgrenska finns nu en så kallad EOS – röntgenutrustning som får in en hel stående person på en enda bild. Detta efter anslag från Lundbergs forskningsstiftelse.

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...

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

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.

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 ...

It´s time to establish relations

Communication with the patient is the key to future healthcare, writes Hanna Brodda, editor in chief of Life Science Sweden.

Startskott för laboratorium för njurforskning

Nu är Lundbergslaboratoriet för njurforskning vid Sahlgrenska akademin invigt. En rekorddonation på 27 miljoner kronor från IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs forskni...

Pilots want to live too

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

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.

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duti...

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Göteborgsfokuserad stiftelse får ny ordförande

Arne Lundbergs forskningsstiftelse får ny styrelseordförande då Björn Aschan lämnar efter tolv år på posten.

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful...

The best wealth is Health

We are living in a world where wealth more and more is measured in being able to do the things you like and enjoy in life. As the wealth increases in terms of e...

Forskningsrelation mellan MSD och Karolinska Institutet

Det blev fest i dagarna två för det nya samarbetet mellan MSD och Karolinska Institutet. Tårtkalas på kontoret i Hagastaden, middag och sedan mottagning på amer...