Sweden

Biotage acquires Astrea Bioseparations

16-Feb-2023 By Rachel Arthur

Biotage will acquire Astrea Bioseparations, a chromatography solutions provider, from Gamma Biosciences: extending its chromatography franchise into the bioprocessing market for biologics and advanced therapeutic customers.

Salipro Biotech gains European patent for antigen production

08-Feb-2022 By Rachel Arthur

Swedish company Salipro Biotech has been granted a patent in Europe for its novel antigen technology.

Nordic Life Science Days

The jackpot of ‘external innovation’ is found in the Nordics, says SwedenBIO CEO

20-Sep-2019 By Vassia Barba

Nordic countries are benefiting from the need of the global biotech industry to tap into groundbreaking ideas, says the CEO of SwedenBIO.

Nordic Life Science Days

#NLSDays2019 came to an end, but innovation is only kicking off

13-Sep-2019 By Vassia Barba

The seventh #NLSDays event saw the latest trends in fields including ATMP, clinical evolution, and R&D technologies, find their audience in Scandinavia.

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Biologics delivery tech could accelerate wound healing by 80%, says Ilya Pharma

03-Dec-2018 By Flora Southey

The Swedish biotech’s lead candidate, ILP-100, is designed to continuously deliver biological drugs to the wound surface for approximately one hour.

First-in-man study appears to ‘awaken’ dormant hair follicles, says biotech

13-Nov-2018 By Flora Southey

In a Phase IIa scalp study, patients treated with Follicum’s FOL-005 injections experienced average increased hair growth of seven hairs per cm².

BIO Europe 2018

Medicon Valley: How Denmark and Sweden are ‘bridging’ the biotech gap

12-Nov-2018 By Flora Southey

The Nordic life science cluster aspires to become the most prominent in northern Europe, says Medicon Valley Alliance executive.

Inside the Testa Bioprocess Innovation Center

26-Sep-2018 By Flora Southey

Biopharma-Reporter takes you inside the recently opened Testa BioProcess Innovation Center in Uppsala, Sweden, and speaks with CEO of GE Nordics, Lotta Ljungqvist.

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Testa Center will help GE better serve bioprocessing industry, says CEO

03-Sep-2018 By Flora Southey

GE Nordics CEO Lotta Ljungqvist says the recently opened Testa Center will help facilitate innovation in the biopharmaceutical space.

GE Healthcare opens bioprocessing ‘test bed’ for biotechs

21-Aug-2018 By Flora Southey

The Testa BioProcess Innovation Center in Sweden will help academics, startups, and biopharmaceutical companies secure industrial proof-of-concepts quicker, and with less cost, says GE Healthcare.

Recipharm commits SEK5m to bioanalysis lab citing lack of Nordic capacity

18-Oct-2016 By Gareth Macdonald

Recipharm has said it will spend SEK5m ($567,000) on a bioanalysis laboratory in Sweden citing the lack of capacity in the Nordic region as a driver for the investment.