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Ann-Britt Önnered and Linda Jervelius manage Quality Assurance at a microbiology laboratory and share their insights about maintaining a secure and hygienic laboratory environment, a crucial part of lab life.

Much effort is being made to develop new medicines for diabetes and recent findings indicate the potential for new and improved pharmaceuticals. Diabetes is one of the largest global diseases and there is a huge unmet need for efficient medicines. The firsthand medication for type 2 diabetes has long been the oral drug metformin. Glitazones […]

After some tough years much effort is now being made to strengthen the Swedish life science industry. Sweden has a long tradition of medical research and groundbreaking innovations. The life science industry has yielded innovations, such as the gamma knife, the ultrasound scanner, the artificial kidney and pharmaceuticals like Bricanyl and Losec. The country holds […]

What are some of the key factors to consider in a logistics strategy? Two Nordic life science firms share some crucial points. Logistics is becoming an increasingly important issue for the life science industry, making sure medicines arrive at the right time and in the right place for the patients, that they contain the right […]

The Finnish health sector is getting a boost, creating a vital life science industry, where the field of digital health especially is growing at a rapid pace. No countries were spared when the economic crisis hit the entire world back in 2008. Finland took a big hit, and so did its life science sector. But […]

Jennie Ekbeck, CEO at Umeå Biotech Incubator, has been appointed Innovations Angel of 2015. With her drive and problem-solving mindset she wants to make exciting research into business ideas and create a better environment for Swedish life science. The Innovation Angel Award was established by VINNOVA and Veckans Affärer and is given to an individual […]