Sweden

Nordic Pilot On English-Only Drug Packs Grows, Backed By Positive Industry Response

Nearly 50 medicines are now included in a Nordic pilot that relaxes language requirements on packaging to help improve access to essential hospital treatments.

Nordic Countries Press For Wider Adoption Of Joint HTA Pathway

Standing “shoulder to shoulder” can help alleviate difficult global market conditions, according to the Joint Nordic HTA Body.

Podcast: Affibody And The Case For Antibody Mimetics In Radioligand Therapy

Swedish biotech Affibody is using tiny engineered proteins to expand radioligand therapy's target space. CEO David Bejker details its HER2 program, Albumod technology and partnership strategy.

Beyond Viagra: How Dicot’s Novel Mechanism Could Reshape The $5bn ED Market

The Swedish biotech's LIB-01 offers eight-week efficacy from three-day dosing, targeting high discontinuation rates with current PDE5 inhibitors.

J.P. Morgan: Vicore Outlines Vision For IPF Drug

CEO Ahmed Mousa believes buloxibutid represents a real breakthrough.

Gilead Teams Up With Sweden’s Sprint For Latest Oncology Pact

Deal Snapshot: The US company has entered into another cancer drug transaction and bought Sprint's preclinical TREX1 program in a deal that could be worth around $400m.

Manufacturing Hurdles Push Xbrane’s Ranibizumab Timeline To Late 2026

Xbrane now expects to refile its Lucamzi biosimilar application in March 2026 after FDA manufacturing observations triggered a delay, pushing the potential approval date to September.

Xbrane Continues Pivot To Leaner Model As FDA Delay Strains Liquidity

Following another complete response letter for its proposed US ranibizumab biosimilar, Xbrane Biopharma plans to finance new projects from its European biosimilar cash flows and rely on top-tier manufacturing partners to reduce regulatory risk.

Podcast: Cereno Scientific Turns To Old Drug For Rare Cardiopulmonary Diseases

In this episode of the In Vivo podcast, Sweden-based Cereno Scientific's CEO discusses how his company is turning to an old drug to help patients with rare cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

Trial Success Sets Up Hansa For Vital Idefirix Approval

CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander tells Scrip that the Swedish team is well-equipped to take its desensitisation treatment for the adult kidney transplant to market in the US.

Swedish Biotech Gesynta Advances Non-Hormonal Endometriosis Treatment

The company’s approach leverages mPGES-1 inhibition to target both inflammation-related pain and lesion load. It is moving into a Phase II trial.

Orexo Celebrates Pre-clinical Success With Nasal Semaglutide

Orexo believes its data further demonstrates the ability of the AmorphOX powder-based intranasal formulation technology to develop formulations for large molecules.