Business article - February 27, 2024
Lundbeck announces executive management changes
Jacob Tolstrup, Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations will leave Lundbeck no later than March 1, 2024. Jacob Tolstrup joined Lundbeck in 1999 and has held various management positions across the company, becoming a member of Lundbeck’s Executive Management team in 2012. “We would like to express gratitude to Jacob for his long-standing commitment to Lundbeck. Jacob has […]
Business article - February 27, 2024
New Quality Assurance network established in Umeå
The network, established by Umeå Biotech Incubator, brings together representatives from some 15 companies, focuses on sharing experiences and strategies to deal with the increasingly complex quality requirements facing the industry. The Quality Assurance (QA) role is critical to ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance, and the network actively discusses how to engage employees best […]
Business article - February 26, 2024
InDex discontinues development of cobitolimod and provides future update
InDex Pharmaceuticals will discontinue development of their drug candidate cobitolimod. Thorough analysis of the data from Induction Study 1 of the phase III program CONCLUDE has not provided any results justifying continued development, states the company. “We are very disappointed that we cannot detect a treatment benefit of cobitolimod compared to placebo, and that we […]
Business article - February 9, 2024
The Swedish government investigates new authority structure for funding of research & innovation
A recent government investigation proposes the establishment of three new funding agencies in Sweden, The Science Agency, The Strategic Research Agency and The Innovation Agency. At the same time, the current funding agencies, Formas, Forte, the Swedish Research Council, and Vinnova, are phased out, and the funding of research and innovation at the Swedish Energy […]
Business article - February 6, 2024
UK ATMP delegation to Sweden eyes future collaborations
Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, has taken a group of eleven UK businesses specializing in advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) for a deep dive into the Swedish ecosystem. During visits to institutions like Karolinska Institutet, the KTH Royal Institute and AstraZeneca, the UK delegation got a chance to forge new collaboration partnerships with the […]
Business article - January 30, 2024
SwedenBIO’s Life Science Barometer has been released
The Life Science Barometer is an annual survey with the aim of offering unique insights and fresh statistics about the Swedish life science industry. A record number of companies participated in the survey for this year’s edition, which makes the report SwedenBIO’s most comprehensive to date. The report is produced by SwedenBIO in collaboration with […]
