News about Medicine

Taconic Colony Management Solutions

This could be a possibility if expansion of a breeding strain is necessary for your research during the refurbishment of AEM's SPF breeding facility, and AEM cannot find space for it. We hope to be able to welcome you…

Transnetyx genotyping services

One of the possibilities is to use an external service, like TransnetYX, and establish a Tag Center where ear punches can be collected and sent from. At this meeting information on this approach will be presented and…

Identifying and tracing fake drugs

Else Holmfred from IF is postdoc at Stanford University where she develops methods, not only to identify fake drugs, but also ultimately to trace where in the world the drug has been produced.

With regular exercise, medical weight loss treatment does not have to be permanent

For nearly a year, we have been debating weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and similar products and what happens when people stop taking them. Are they able to maintain weight loss? A new Danish study…

SAVE THE DATE for 5th Nordic Conference on Paediatric and Orphan Medicines on May 14-15, 2024 in Helsinki

EU Paediatric Regulation (EC 1901/2006) came into force in 2007 with the aim to improve the health of the children in Europe by increasing the research and authorization of medicines for children and improving the…

Impact of contaminated biological material in animals' health and in research data

Do you value your research data so much to assume that it is not contaminated by pathogenic agents? Did you know that lab animals’ health and welfare is of vital importance in order to produce valid and reproducible…

Pioneering project to capture life in the stomach

A new two-year research project aims to explore the evolution of Helicobacter bacteria spanning 2 million years and a diverse array of host species. The study will investigate the important correlation between…

Follow-up on the renovation of Unit 10.4

You can read the entire announcement here.

InPharma & Nordic POP joint Drug Transport & Enabling Formulations Symposium 2024 takes place in June

Drug Transport & Enabling Formulations Symposium 2024 is jointly organized by InPharma & Nordic POP will take place on June 11th/12th, 2024 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark. An international…

Joint meeting of pharmaceutical sciences, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry with synthetic and medicinal chemistry

It is our pleasure to announce Chemical Solutions for Biological Challenges - a joint meeting of pharmaceutical sciences, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry with synthetic and medicinal chemistry to take place in…

New project on philosophy of consumer medicine

The COPE project will investigate the epistemic, social, and ethical implications of Consumer Medicine.

Don’t expect cost savings from Precision Medicine

While genetic information may lead to better treatments, promises of cost savings are unfounded. Instead, a large additional bill is more likely, according to University of Copenhagen researchers.

Award of NordForsk grant for university cooperation within Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation

The consortium received up to 20 MNOK in funding from NordForsk under their University Cooperation call and the new project commencing next year will be led by Professor Christel Bergström from Uppsala University. All…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted 4 million DKK to a new innovative phage therapy…

Investigating structures of nanocrystals

3D electron diffraction is a rapidly evolving technology that lets researchers examine the atomic structure of pharmaceutical – as well as many other – materials at nanoscale.

UCPH part of the new consortium, NordicPharmaTrain

Ten Nordic universities have entered the consortium “Nordic Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation”, or NordicPharmaTrain, to strengthen their collaboration within education and research and further mobility for…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted DKK 3,988,469 to a new innovative phage therapy…

Half of million Danes have it – now, researchers are chasing risk genes

Researchers have discovered new migraine genes which contain new and more accurate information about the condition of the individual patient. This may lead to more targeted treatment.

Seminar on Automated Genotyping

Seminar Details: Date: Thursday, October 26 Time 12:45-14:00 (start 13:00) Location: Dam Auditorium, Panum, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen N Speakers: Daniel Gercke, Inside Account Specialist - Europe David…

Improving Openness in Animal Research in Denmark

About this event For more information and registration, please go to the event web page. Date and time Wed, 8 Nov 2023 12:00 - 16:00 CET Location The Adolf Hannover Auditorium Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences…

Special issue on Sustainable Pharmacy in Eur J Pharm Sci – the call for papers is now open until October 2023

One of Nordic POP main priorities of focus in the past years was sustainable pharmaceutical research. together with AI and data riven pharmaceutical research, it was a main topic of 2021 Annual Meeting held by Uppsala…

Do No Harm - The Art of Reproducible Experimental Surgery in Rodents, and Why it Matters to You

A series of seminars where we aim to disseminate the knowledge of our talented team, and help you improve your setups, and obtain better data! For the first seminar, Thomas Svava Nielsen will give a talk titled “Do No…

Follow-up on the refurbishment of breeding unit 10-4 in the Panum Building

This letter provides an update on the upcoming renovation as well as a status on the comprehensive plan for the development of the department with topics i.e. management, finances, needs and services as well as the…

Bacteria like cholera may be crucial in the development of new antibiotics

Bacteria like the cholera bacteria move around in the body through rotations from a hairy appendage on the bacteria.