The life science strategy – what the industry wants
WEBMar 28, 2024 — The process of updating the national life science strategy has begun at the government’s life science office. According to industry stakeholders, Sweden’s competitiveness, the accessibility of health data and the integration of innovation in healthcare are some of the points that are essential to review.
Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major …
WEBSep 19, 2023 — Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study. In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one of the most extensive studies in the world currently being conducted for a drug for post-COVID.
The Swedish government is to increase its investment in cancer care
WEBSep 15, 2023 — The Swedish government wants to invest more in cancer and paediatric cancer care and proposes to allocate SEK 500 million per year for this purpose in the coming years.
Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?
WEBFeb 12, 2020 — 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 governments, the timing of The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science conference could not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon ...
Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present …
WEBNov 14, 2022 — Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create ...
WEBOct 31, 2023 — Lars Lannfelt is awarded the 2023 Researcher of the Year Award for “pioneering efforts to understand and treat the underlying factors of Alzheimer’s, resulting in the world’s first disease-modifying treatment”. To pursue the discovery’s commercial potential, he founded Bioarctic with his old colleague Pär Gellerfors in 2003.
19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA …
WEBSep 18, 2023 — 19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn unless new evidence can be provided that they are up to standard.
The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking
WEBNov 29, 2022 — Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.
New issue of Life Science Sweden!
WEBFeb 22, 2023 — A meta-study pointing to discouraging results was published last autumn: The average concentration of sperm in men has halved in 40 years, according to the study published in Human Reproduction Update. The meta-study is not the first to point in this direction. In the new issue, we go in-depth with ...
We will now publish more news in English - Life Science Sweden
WEBApr 27, 2022 — As of Tuesday next week, 3 May, we will start publishing a newsletter with articles only in English. The newsletter will include English translations of some of our most-read current articles from the Internet and from our printed editions of the magazine. Our coverage of daily news on the Internet in Swedish will continue as before.