IVDR Reality Check: Are We Moving Fast Enough?

As of February 2025, around 1,500 IVDR certificates have been issued. But if an estimated 18,700 devices still need certification before the 2029 deadline, then...

Eva Bondesson blir ny klinisk chef på Neola

Neola Medical har rekryterat Eva Bondesson som ny Clinical Director.

Many discontinue obesity medication – new study highlights the reasons

A new study maps out the most common reasons why patients choose to stop taking obesity medication prematurely. “Obesity medication discontinuation reverses hea...

Strategic Clarity: The New Currency in Life Science

In an industry shaped by rapid regulatory changes and global competition, leading life science companies are rethinking what it takes to succeed. Increasingly, ...

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.

Amerikanskt patent för Active Biotech

Lundabolaget Active Biotech har fått grönt ljus från amerikanska patentverket om godkännande av sin patentansökan för laquinimod som behandling av ögonsjukdomar...

Wegovy approved in the U.S. for treatment of liver disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Novo Nordisk’s drug Wegovy to treat the serious liver condition known as MASH. ...

Will the FDA’s new transparency policy extend to medical devices? (Part 1)

In a significant policy shift, the FDA has begun publishing Complete Response Letters (CRLs) for drug and biologic applications that were initially rejected but...

The vaccine has saved 94 million lives – but measles is spreading again

A disease we once believed belonged to the past is now resurging in both Europe and the United States. In the shadow of growing skepticism and declining vaccina...

Non-destructive testing and assembly control

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Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”

Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.

Lundabolag får Europapatent för ögondroppar

Active Biotech har beviljats ett europeiskt patent för en ögondroppsformulering av bolagets läkemedelskandidat laquinimod.

Korbinian Löbmann leads scientific meeting on drug formulation: High activity in the field

Korbinian Löbmann has moderated New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability several times before. Now he is once again taking on the scientific meeting. L...

The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”

It took several years of failures in GLP-1 before Lotte Bjerre Knudsen and her colleagues found the right path – but when they did, it was a true breakthrough. ...

Vinnare och förlorare börsåret 2024 inom life science

När Nasdaq Stockholm avrundade handeln dagen före nyårsafton återfanns flera life science-bolag bland de främsta börsraketerna 2024 – men lika många huserar på ...

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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...

Unmatched performance and flexibility in its class

The new ZEISS SPECTRUM family is equipped to be the ideal match from measuring small electronics up to larger housings.

Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”

Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."

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AZ gets approval for drug targeting rare disease – it may reduce cortisone dependence

AstraZeneca’s drug Fasenra gets an expanded indication in the EU and is now approved as a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm

Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs ar...

Byggstart för svenska innovationsklustret – fördubblar sin yta

Nu tas första spadtaget för Goco Active Lab, ett nytt nationellt center som ska stärka svensk life science.