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The Future of Life Science - symposium 2023

The Future of Life Science is an international symposium about the future of healthcare, science, and life science in general. The aim is to bring forth relevant questions and trigger discussions among experts, academics, public officials, and private companies.

2023-05-31

The events at MSD contribute to the debate in the life science sphere

Brown Bag Lunch Talks is originally an American concept, a casual lunch during a seminar with a current theme. In 2015, MSD started its Brown Bag Lunch Talks on Gävlegatan in Hagastaden. Their two events after the pandemic work-at-home period have been successful and appreciated.

2023-05-30

"Everyone should have the same chances in life"

Members of the association Neuro are people with neurological diagnoses and injuries, e.g. MS, Parkinson's, polyneuropathies and stroke, as well as their relatives. The vision of Neuro is that people with neurological diagnoses should have the same rights and obligations as everyone else.

2023-05-29

"3000 analyses from a fraction of a drop of blood"

KTH Professor Mathias Uhlén explains how the new database for cancer protein has improved cancer prediction. This development has come a long way since the Theranos scandal, where Elizabeth Holmes claimed to be able to perform a large number of analyses with a few blood drops.

2023-05-25

"We solve problems through entrepreneurship"

Adnan Yousuf and I started Bling almost 10 years ago, wanting to democratize entrepreneurship. We didn't have a clear picture of the end goal then; we just knew we wanted to solve a problem. The problem was exclusion and how it leads to economic instability, leading to many other things.

2023-05-25

"Great opportunity to offer research and innovation infrastructure"

Stockholm Life Tech has contributed to a greater understanding between different actors in life science. In this way, it has contributed to building Sweden as a knowledge nation, says Åsa Johansson at A Working Lab.

2023-05-24

Continuous fight against liver disease

Professor Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg at Karolinska Institutet receives a grant within the ERC Proof of Concept programme. This is awarded to researchers who have received funding from the European Research Council ERC and want to develop the innovation potential of their previous discoveries.

2023-05-23

100 days at the new job – Jessica Martinsson at SwedenBIO

With nearly 30 years in life science, Jessica Martinsson has achieved a lot. She has a background in drug development from Pharmacia and Biovitrum, and co-founded Sprint Bioscience. In March, she took over as CEO of SwedenBIO. Here she tells, among other things, which strengths and challenges she thinks life science in Sweden faces and what she likes the most in her new role!

2023-05-22

Ana Futura makes projects ready for pharmaceutical production

Ana Futura, a pre-GMP facility at Karolinska Institutet, is a research infrastructure that allows companies to develop products, medicines, and treatments. Here, projects are taken from the research lab and made ready for drug production according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

2023-04-27

A new way to rent offices increases flexibility

Furnished and ready with short notice. This is what Fabege's new concept NOW looks like, and it is another way of renting premises for those who don't have the possibility themselves to decorate.

2023-04-27

Knowledge within precision medicine increases with new lecture series

Advances in precision medicine should benefit more patients, and knowledge should increase. That is the goal of the lecture series on precision medicine that was launched at the end of 2022.

2023-04-26

They improve women's quality of life through appreciated app

The femtech company Ovulai develops a digital treatment app for women with chronic gynecological diseases. The team shares a passion for improving an under-prioritized area; women's health. They are data-driven women of tech, and most of them have studied at KTH.

2023-04-18