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Ny studie: Ingen effekt av ivermektin mot covid-19
Det omdiskuterade antiparasitläkemedlet ivermektin har förts fram som en alternativ behandling mot covid-19. Men enligt en ny studie har behandlingen ingen effekt på risken för allvarlig sjukdom.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Man som fick grishjärta transplanterat har avlidit
Mannen som blev först i världen med att få ett grishjärta transplanterat har avlidit, två månader efter operationen.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen
A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and new stem cell therapies.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark
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BMS stämmer svenskt forskningsbolag för patentintrång
Den globala läkemedelsjätten Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) stämmer det svenska forskningsbolaget Xspray Pharma för patentintrång kopplat till läkemedelskandidaten Dasynoc.
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Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way
A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.
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Ny vd till Wntresearch
Pernilla Sandwall har utsetts till Wntresearchs nya vd. Hon efterträder Anders Rabbe och tillträder i april.
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Bayers njurläkemedel får grönt ljus i Europa
EMA har godkänt Bayers läkemedel mot kronisk njursjukdom i kombination med typ 2-diabetes. "Godkännandet av finerenon i Europa är goda nyheter som ger ytterligare hopp för patienter med typ 2-diabetes och kronisk njursjukdom", säger Gregor Guron, vid Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset.
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Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible
A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tinnitus, which was demonstrated in a study made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute.
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Storbritannien har godkänt injektion för viktminskning
Storbritannien börjar med läkemedel för viktminskning för personer med kraftig fetma. Hälsomyndigheten har godkänt läkemedlet Ozempic (semaglutide) från danska Novo Nordisk som, tillsammans med livsstilsförändring, kan hjälpa överviktiga att minska sin kroppsvikt med upp till tolv procent, enligt en studie.
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Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions
Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech.
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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 proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!
“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good
"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.
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Planen: Så ska Stockholm bli en ledande life science-stad
Stockholm vill bli värdstad för en av de största internationella kongresserna om medicinteknik. Planen är en del i ambitionen att bli en av de mest framstående regionerna inom life science i världen.
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Svensk medtech-vd på amerikansk ledarskapslista
The Healthcare Technology Report har listat de 25 bästa kvinnliga ledarna inom området medicinteknisk utrustning 2022. Karin Dahllöf, vd för Monivents, finns med på årets lista.
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Ilya Pharma utvecklar behandling mot bieffekter av immunterapier mot cancer
Uppsalaföretaget Ilya Pharma planerar att inleda kliniska studier med sin läkemedelskandidat ILP100-Oral för patienter som drabbats av enterokolit, tunn- och tjocktarmsinflammation, till följd av cancerbehandling.