Business - August 30, 2024
Pharmaceutical export – strong driving force for the Swedish economy
Swedish pharmaceutical exports continue to develop positively according to new figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB). Sweden’s total exports increased by 4 percent in value and two percent in volume during the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same time period in 2023. Pharmaceutical exports increased during the period by 9 percent in value and […]
Business - July 29, 2024
A paradigm-shift and a narrative change
Besides the extraordinary success of GLP-1 agonists, the recent groundbreaking developments within obesity treatment have also led to obesity being viewed as a chronic biological disease. The World Obesity Federation estimates that 1.1 billion people over the age of five are obese today, and 1.6 billion are overweight. The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. […]
Business - July 22, 2024
A treatment shift? Nordic progress beyond GLP-1
In the wake of the groundbreaking GLP-1 receptor agonists, a number of new obesity treatments and weight management approaches are emerging – and a few of them come from the Nordic region. Behavior Lifestyle changes are critical for weight loss, even for patients taking the GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs, and we all know that implementing and […]
Business - June 25, 2024
HiloProbe secures SEK 3 million in funding
HiloProbe has raised funding from existing owners. “The main focus of this capital injection is to initiate sales, enabling us to attract a larger amount of capital. We anticipate reaching a break-even point after that,” says Lina Olsson, CEO of HiloProbe. HiloProbe describes the interest in its product as “significant” and that the company is close […]
Business - November 28, 2023
Reshaping the cell therapy sector
The previous founder and CEO of BioLamina has gone back to business development, and with his newly founded company he aims to redefine cell therapy development even further. Newly founded Alder Therapeutics is a preclinical phase stem cell therapy development company and, according to Kristian Tryggvason, co-founder and CEO, it is “the next big thing.” […]
Business - November 13, 2023
Report: The life science sector is unknown to many in Western Sweden
Residents in the Gothenburg area have very little knowledge of the life science sector, shows a new survey from Novus, an analysis and research company. For this reason, six major life science players are marking the start of a joint communicative effort, with the goal of putting the West Swedish life science sector on the […]
