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.
Sweden is organising a large life science conference as part of the …
WEBJan 4, 2023 · The Presidency Conference on the Future of Life Sciences is organised by the Swedish government and planned by the government’s life science office. “The theme of the conference will be future life science and precision medicine. We will discuss the big challenges in data, privacy, security and the market,” says Jenni Nordborg, head of the government’s life science office, to Life ...
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 Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn unless new evidence can be provided that they are up to standard.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 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.
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.
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 ...
New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An ...
WEBMay 13, 2022 · In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre ...
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.
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 ...