Uncategorized - October 8, 2014
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on October 8, was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner. The prize is given for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy” states the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Optical microscopy has been held back for a long time by a presumed limitation: that it […]
Clinical Trials - October 8, 2014
Vivolux gets FDA clearance for clinical study
Swedish pharmaceutical company Vivolux has received clearance from the FDA to proceed with the drug candidate VLX1570 to clinical phase I/II for treatment against relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma. The clinical study will be conducted in collaboration with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School. This first study is […]
Biotech article - October 7, 2014
Denmark’s biotech pipeline on top
Danish biotech and drug companies are among the best in Europe when it comes to the number of candidate drugs under development, according to a new study. Nordic Life Sciences sector study 2014, by Ernst & Young, concludes that Denmark has the largest pipeline of drugs undergoing clinical trials in Europe relative to its size. Last […]
In a new job - October 7, 2014
Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator gets new General Manager
Bjørn Klem has been hired as General Manager for Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator starting from January 1st 2015. Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator is a private company, 100% owned by Oslo Cancer Cluster SA. “We are very happy to have Bjørn on board as the first General Manager of the Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator. He is in deed […]
Uncategorized - October 6, 2014
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on October 6, was awarded jointly to John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser. The prize is given for “their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain” states the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet. This year’s Nobel Laureates have discovered a positioning system, an “inner GPS” […]
Global report - October 6, 2014
EMA adopts open trial data policy
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has decided to publish the clinical reports that underpin the decision-making on medicines. The new landmark policy will take effect on 1 January 2015. It will apply to clinical reports contained in all applications for centralised marketing authorisations submitted after that date. The reports will be released as soon as […]
