NLS Global report

Ahead of the EU Commission's presentation of a new strategy for life sciences, four industry organizations in Sweden, Lif – the research-based pharmaceutical companies, SwedenBIO, IKEM, and Swedish Medtech, have submitted a joint statement.

At a White House press event on Wednesday April 2, President Trump advanced the next stage of his economic plan by unveiling baseline tariffs of 10% on the vast majority of goods imported to the US. After several years of increasing export figures, Sweden’s pharmaceutical exports now risk being severely affected by the Trump administration’s tariffs, warns the industry association SwedenBIO.

AstraZeneca is establishing a new global strategic R&D centre in Beijing, its second in China and sixth worldwide.

Notwithstanding political ‘hiccups,’ the US will remain the most favored market for Nordic life science companies, say experts.

The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 is “Accelerate Action”. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158 to achieve full gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum.

The Nobel Prize laureates protest against Russia's war of invasion and the world's inaction, and they demand that EUR 300 billion in frozen Russian assets be given to Ukraine.