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News and Trends 27 Jan 2023

Psoriasis drug may help treat type 1 diabetes

A large clinical study is now beginning on an approved drug for treating psoriasis. The drug will be tested on patients who were recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The theory is that the drug could preserve the patient’s remaining insulin production. Many hospitals in Sweden are participating in the project, which is funded by […]

January 27, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Jan 2023

New tool to fight antibiotic resistance

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks antibiotic resistance as one of the top 10 threats to global health. In response, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new spray that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and that can be used for wound care and directly on implants and other medical devices. “Our […]

January 26, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Jan 2023

First patient treated in Atrogi type 2 diabetes clinical study

Atrogi AB, an early-stage Swedish pharma company, has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a phase 1a/b study. Atrogi’s drug candidate, ATR-258 is a first in class novel b2 adrenoceptor agonist with a unique mechanism of action for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and comorbidities. This approach is supported by data […]

January 26, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Jan 2023

BioInvent receives funding for blood cancer treatments

BioInvent International AB has been selected as partner of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Therapy Acceleration Program (LLS TAP). The program is aimed at advancing the company’s program to treat blood cancers. The partnership will include access to the scientific, clinical and drug development expertise of LLS as well as a strategic capital equity investment […]

January 18, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Watch: Something to SmiLe about in southern Sweden

SmiLe Incubator is a life science business incubator based in Medicon Village in Lund, Sweden. SmiLe helps entrepreneurs commercialize their ideas. There are currently 30 companies in the SmiLe Incubator that, together with alumni companies, have attracted more than €664 million ($705 million) in venture capital since 2014. SmiLe offers business coaching, a broad international […]

December 23, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Watch: The Medicon Valley Alliance celebrates 25th anniversary

The Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) is a non-profit membership organization in the Danish-Swedish life science cluster Medicon Valley. It covers eastern Denmark, which includes the capital, Copenhagen, as well as the southern Sweden region of Skåne, which includes Malmö and Lund. The organization includes more than 300 members, and encompasses universities, hospitals, human life science […]

December 23, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Affibody signs €20 million loan agreement

Affibody Medical AB has received a €20 million ($21.2 million) venture debt loan facility from the European Investment Bank, EIB, backed by the InvestEU program. The investment will support Affibody’s research and development activities in Europe of the next-generation biopharmaceuticals targeting unmet medical needs in the immunology and oncology fields. “We are very pleased and […]

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Anocca secures €25M to develop next-generation T-cell therapies for cancer

Anocca, a fully integrated cell therapy biotechnology company, has secured €25 million ($26.5 million) venture debt financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Anocca’s CEO and co-founder Reagan Jarvis said: “We’re delighted that the EIB has chosen to support us as we build a critical piece of advanced biotechnology capability and infrastructure in Sweden. Anocca’s […]

December 21, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Watch: SwedenBIO leading the way

SwedenBIO is the national non-profit association for the life science industry in Sweden, with more than 300 members.

December 20, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Watch: Sigrid CEO talks about lifestyle diseases

Sigrid Therapeutics AB was founded in 2014 by Tore Bengtsson and Sana Alajmovic, with the vision of transforming the way modern day chronic lifestyle diseases are treated and prevented. The company’s research dates back to 2008 when Bengtsson and his research group at the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University in Sweden made discoveries […]

December 20, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Watch: Mendus interview

Mendus AB is a Swedish company dedicated to changing the course of cancer treatment by addressing tumor recurrence and improving survival outcomes for cancer patients, while preserving quality of life. The company leverages its expertise in allogeneic dendritic cell biology to develop an advanced clinical pipeline of novel, off-the-shelf, cell-based immunotherapies which combine clinical efficacy […]

December 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Watch: InfraLife supports Sweden’s life sciences industry

InfraLife (Infra Access for Life Science Sweden) is a Swedish initiative to maximize the benefits of Sweden’s large scale research infrastructures SciLifeLab, MAX IV and ESS. Funded by Swedish Research Council, InfraLife also partners with industrial organizations SwedenBIO & LIF and collaborates with SWElife, MedTech4Health and Swedish MedTech. The intent of the project is to […]

December 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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