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Finland – March 20, 2025

New medtech pilot environment established in Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has opened a new pilot line environment for medical devices in Oulu, Finland.

Business Award – March 19, 2025

Fredrik Tiberg is the winner of Arthur D. Little Nordic Life Science Award

The President and CEO of Camurus, Fredrik Tiberg, has been named the winner of The Arthur D. Little Nordic Life Science Award.

Biotech article – March 19, 2025

Scaling the next generation of T-cell therapy

Understanding the science is one thing, but being able to manufacture T-cell therapies at scale is a different matter. TCR-T cell therapies offer a path forward at a fraction of the cost and time of manufacturing a living cell as a product. 

Business Award – March 18, 2025

Alina Castell is the Innovator of the Year-winner at WiB gala

The gala, organized by the Women in Business network, highlights female role models and works towards a more gender-equal corporate sector.

Biotech Business – March 18, 2025

Oncorena receives FDA approval to initiate studies in the US

The FDA has approved the company’s IND application to initiate the Phase I/II study Oncorella-1.

Biotech Business – March 18, 2025

BioArctic receives Orphan Drug Designation in the US

The US FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to exidavnemab for the treatment of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), providing incentives for the development of treatments for rare diseases with a high medical need.

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Biotech Business – March 18, 2025

Oncorena receives FDA approval to initiate studies in the US

The FDA has approved the company’s IND application to initiate the Phase I/II study Oncorella-1.

CDMO – March 17, 2025

Anocca to start first in-human trial in advanced pancreatic cancer

The company has announced the authorization of its Clinical Trial Application (CTA) from the regulatory authorities in four European countries under the European Union’s (EU) harmonised framework, for VIDAR-1, with Germany acting as the reference state.

Clinical Trials – February 28, 2025

Evaxion extends phase 2 trial with personalized cancer vaccine

Evaxion Biotech will further enhance the data package from its ongoing phase 2 trial with the company’s lead asset EVX-01 by extending the trial from two to three years.

Clinical Trials – February 24, 2025

Medivir presents positive final phase 1b/2a data

Medivir has presented positive, final data from the phase 1b / 2a study of fostroxacitabine bralpamide (fostrox) + Lenvima in advanced liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma/HCC) at the EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver) Liver Cancer Summit in Paris, France.

Clinical Trials – January 29, 2025

Herantis reports encouraging pharmacokinetic data

Herantis Pharma has announced an update of the ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial of HER-096.

Clinical Trials – January 14, 2025

Orexo announces positive topline data

Orexo has announced positive topline results from the clinical study OX640-002.

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Business – July 17, 2023

From theory to therapy: Cancer vaccines

Just ten years ago it was hard to predict the progress that has been made within the field of cancer therapy. A cancer vaccine, including a universal cancer vaccine, as the ultimate goal is for many the holy grail, and several Norwegian companies are paving the way. Cancer accounted for nearly ten million deaths in […]

Business – January 17, 2025

Breaking new ground: Biological databases

The Human Protein Atlas, one of the world’s largest biological databases, gives us a more profound understanding of protein expression in different cell types and is a great starting point for new groundbreaking research.

Drug development – November 19, 2024

Questions raised around myeloma treatments

In Sweden, recent debate and criticism regarding approved multiple myeloma treatments has shone the spotlight on IMiDs and their effects. NLS asked Fredrik Schjesvold, MD, PhD, founder and leader of Oslo Myeloma Center, Oslo University Hospital, about these drugs and the ongoing debate. 

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