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Ranking: Top 10 highest-paid CEOs in pharma
It's nice to hear that things go well for others, right? Some of those who have done really well – at least financially – are listed here in the ranking of the best paid CEOs in Big Pharma 2023.
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Danish obesity success causes recruitment problems in southern Sweden
The substantial expansion of Danish Novo Nordisk is affecting companies in southern Sweden, which are finding it increasingly difficult to compete for attractive staff.
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EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T
CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be attached to the product information and patients to be followed up for life.
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EMA-granskning bekräftar risk för ny cancer efter CAR-T
CAR-T-terapier mot cancer kan i sällsynta fall ge upphov till sekundära cancersjukdomar. Det slås nu fast av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA, som kräver att en varningstext bifogas behandlingarna, och att patienterna följs upp under resten av sina liv.
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Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”
The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from ABBA songs, turns 30 this year. "There is great interest in Sweden and Swedish solutions globally," says Anna Redwood from Business Sweden.
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Läkemedelsjätte kapar bort 860 jobb
Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb säger upp omkring 860 av sina anställda i Lawrenceville, New Jersey, som en del av ett större sparprogram.
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Setback for pharmaceutical companies in the Zantac case
A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of allowing expert witnesses to testify in a case involving the now-cancelled drug Zantac and its potential carcinogenicity.
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Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO
Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Pfizer har fördubblat sin onkologipipeline – ”Vi har mer än 50 pågående cancerstudier”
I Pfizers portfölj för utveckling av läkemedel står cancer i fokus. Men företaget arbetar även mycket med vaccin och läkemedel mot infektionssjukdomar. Enligt Jonas Ålebring, medicinsk direktör för Pfizer Sverige, har företaget aldrig tidigare haft en lika stark pipeline som i dag.
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Nobelpristagaren Torsten Wiesel fyller 100: ”Gamla gubbar som jag ska använda erfarenheten till att hjälpa de unga”
Året var 1955 när en ung Torsten Wiesel hoppade på båten till USA och inledde en sagolik karriär som hjärnforskare med ett Nobelpris som kronan på verket. Nu fyller han 100 år och ser tillbaka på ett intensivt liv – och på uppväxten i Bromma som formade hans vilja att hjälpa samhällets svaga.
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Event om biologiska läkemedel igång i Köpenhamn
Nu har Life Science Swedens event New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing startat i Köpenhamn. Talare från akademin och från industrin medverkar under dagen.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”
The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that relieve pain or eliminate painful symptoms, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Ny finansiering ska ta Linköpingsbolagets sensorsystem vidare
Linköpingsbolaget Argus Eye, som utvecklar sensorsystem för biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 32,5 miljoner kronor i en finansieringsrunda.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide
AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, but AstraZeneca claims that the decision is purely commercial.
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Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln
Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.
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Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”
Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a possible explanation for why the disease is more prevalent in northern Europe.
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Yxan går hos läkemedelsjätte – över 2 000 jobb ska bort
Bristol Myers Squibb planerar stora neddragningar. Omkring 2 200 av bolagets anställda väntas få gå när läkemedelsjätten ska skära i kostnaderna.