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Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”
Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.
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Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”
She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decid...
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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...
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Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”
Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt ...
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Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work
A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic hav...
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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 disca...
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Mänskliga organ – nu kan de studeras i detalj i 3D
Forskare i Umeå har med en ny metod lyckats återskapa en mänsklig bukspottkörtel i en högupplöst 3D-avbildning med mikrometerprecision. Metoden öppnar helt nya ...
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Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"
The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – ...
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The perfect formula for decision-making
No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.
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We are poor lobbyists
I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.
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Fewer visitors but satisfied exhibitors
Biotech Forum Scanlab attracted fewer visitors than in 2008. Exhibition manager Bo Rasmussen is content, claiming that the exhibitors are very satisfied.
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3D-bilder hjälp vid diabetesforskning
Svenska forskare presenterar resultat som visar hur typ I-diabetes utvecklas i olika delar av bukspottkörteln.
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Laboratory food
VWR exhibits laboratory tools with molecular gastronomy Rotary evaporators and magnetic stirrers - for making food. VWR tries out new ways for the exhibition at...
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Early stage research and low turnaround dominates
Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performer...