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Best in Biotech 28 May 2024

8 Swedish companies spearheading the country’s biotech scene

As Sweden’s life sciences sector continues to grow, we explore 8 biotech companies in Sweden that are leading the way in the industry.

May 28, 2024 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 24 Mar 2023

Metabolism of RNA linked to leukemia

Researchers at Lund University Faculty of Medicine in Sweden have determined a novel mechanism linking the metabolism of ribonucleic acids, RNA, to the development of leukemia in myelodysplastic syndrome patients, MDS. In a study published in the Molecular Cell journal, they explain what makes hematopoietic stem cells acquire malignant traits in cancer. RNA splicing is […]

March 24, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 6 Mar 2023

10 universities around the world to study biotech you should know about

The biotech industry across the world has been picking up its pace over the years. As many sectors plummeted during the pandemic, the biotechnology industry weathered the storm. Global biopharma companies are collaborating with biotechnology universities across the globe to improve research and development in various fields within the industry. To boost business opportunities, universities […]

March 6, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 16 Feb 2023

Genetic study reveals high variation in T-cell receptor genes

T-cells are central in the protection against infections and cancer. With the help of TCRs (T-cell receptors), cells recognize foreign invaders and tumor cells. “It was previously unknown how variable human TCR genes are,” said Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, professor at the department of microbiology, tumor and cell biology at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and the […]

February 16, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Feb 2023

Antibody candidate for treating serious liver disease

There is currently no drug for treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects many people with type 2 diabetes and which can result in other serious liver diseases. However, a new study led by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has identified a drug candidate for the treatment of fatty liver. The preclinical study, published […]

February 7, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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More News! 24 Aug 2022

COVID-19 vaccine less sensitive to mutations being developed in Sweden

A new generation of coronavirus vaccine is being developed by Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institutet. The vaccine is being specifically designed to be less sensitive to mutations and better equipped for any future strains. Promising results The vaccine showed promising results in mice in a newly published study in EMBO Molecular Medicine, and the researchers […]

August 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

The Female Sex Hormone Estrogen Could Help to Fight Neuroblastoma

Estrogen receptors are switched off in aggressive cases of neuroblastoma so scientists have tested boosting estrogen activity to fight the disease. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm have found that there could be a role for the female sex hormone estrogen in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that tends to affect young children. The results […]

January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 2 Jan 2017

An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics

The MultipleMS Consortium has been granted €15M by the EU Horizon 2020 to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis using personalized medicine. The EU Horizon 2020 has kicked off the year with a project to develop, validate, and exploit methods for the personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The 21 institutions from 12 European countries and […]

January 2, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 5 Apr 2016

Interviewing one of the Leading Biotech Investors in Scandinavia

The Karolinska Institute (Sweden) is worldwide famous for giving the Nobel Prize every year… It’s also home of Karolinska Development, an investment company span out from Karolinska Institute. I had the chance to meet with Viktor Drvota, its Chief Investment Officer at BIO-Europe Spring 2016 in Stockholm. We had a chance to talk about the […]

April 5, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 10 Mar 2016

The Largest Scandinavian Biotech Fundraising of 2016 has just been Signed

Aprea (Sweden) is not a well-know Biotech (yet), but has succeeded in raising €46M from big investors in the US and Europe. Why? For its First-in-class potential for a famous cancer target… Aprea started in 2003 as a spin-off from cancer research at Karolinska Institutet, in its technology-transfer program. This Biotech has a promising candidate […]

March 10, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 7 Mar 2016

Swedish Investment loses €8M over failed Phase I/II for Leukemia

Akinion (Sweden) will stop the development of its candidate for leukemia, after patients in phase I/II have experienced liver toxicity. As a result, main investor Karolinska Development takes an €8M hit in its portfolio valuation. Sad news for Akinion. This Stockholm-based drug developer decided to halt the development of its lead candidate, APN-028. This happens after […]

March 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 20 Oct 2015

First-ever in utero Stem Cell Trial to be conducted by Karolinska Institutet

The Karolisnka Institutet (Sweden) is ready to make History by conducting the first study involving the transplantation of stem cells into unborn babies. The treatment aims to strengthen the bone by producing collagen in infants with the brittle-bone disease Osteogenesis imperfecta in utero. The study is to be coordinated by the Karolinska Institute but to […]

October 20, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

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8 Swedish companies spearheading the country’s biotech scene

Metabolism of RNA linked to leukemia

10 universities around the world to study biotech you should know about

Genetic study reveals high variation in T-cell receptor genes

Antibody candidate for treating serious liver disease

COVID-19 vaccine less sensitive to mutations being developed in Sweden

The Female Sex Hormone Estrogen Could Help to Fight Neuroblastoma

An EU Project will tackle Multiple Sclerosis using Personalized Multi Omics

Interviewing one of the Leading Biotech Investors in Scandinavia

The Largest Scandinavian Biotech Fundraising of 2016 has just been Signed

Swedish Investment loses €8M over failed Phase I/II for Leukemia

First-ever in utero Stem Cell Trial to be conducted by Karolinska Institutet

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