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Collaboration – January 16, 2025

New Nordic consortia on post-COVID condition

NordForsk has decided to fund three Nordic networking activities to support knowledge development on the post-COVID condition (PCC).

Acquisition – January 15, 2025

GSK to acquire IDRx for up to USD 1.15 billion

IDRx is a Boston-based, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing precision therapeutics for the treatment of GIST.

Financing – January 15, 2025

Rappta Therapeutics in agreement with SpringWorks Therapeutics

Rappta Therapeutics has announced an exclusive global license agreement with SpringWorks Therapeutics for RPT04402, a first-in-class molecular glue of specific Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) complexes. 

Financing – January 15, 2025

NOK 50 million to new Norwegian ATMP infrastructure

The Research Council of Norway has granted NOK 50 million to the Oslo University Hospital (OUH), in partnership with the University of Oslo and the Haukeland University Hospital (HUH) for the development and distribution of ATMPs, reports Sofia Lindén/Oslo Cancer Cluster (OCC).

New Market – January 15, 2025

ALK’s ACARIZAX approved in Europe for treatment of young children

ALK has announced that its European regulatory filing for ACARIZAX (house dust mite sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet) in young children aged five to 11 has been approved by the health authorities in 21 EU countries via a type II variation procedure.

In a new job – January 14, 2025

Mikko Kemppainen appointed General Counsel at Orion

Mikko Kemppainen has been appointed as General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, and a member of the Executive Management Board of the Orion Group as of 1 June 2025.

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Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials – January 14, 2025

Orexo announces positive topline data

Orexo has announced positive topline results from the clinical study OX640-002.

Clinical Trials – December 18, 2024

Hansa Biopharma announces positive full results

Hansa Biopharma has announced positive full results from the 15-HMedIdeS-09 single arm Phase 2 study of imlifidase, a first in class IgG cleaving enzyme, in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and an indirect treatment comparison of the 15-HMedIdeS-09 study data to the International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS), a worldwide prospective study by the Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium on prognosis and biomarkers of GBS.

Clinical Trials – December 11, 2024

Immunovia announces positive outcome of clinical validation

Immunovia has announced the successful completion of the CLARITI study, (Clinical Validation of Next-Generation Test for Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer) to detect early-stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Clinical Trials – December 10, 2024

Modus Therapeutics initiates Phase II study

The first dose has been administered in the company’s Phase II clinical study evaluating the drug candidate sevuparin for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with associated anemia.

Clinical Trials – December 3, 2024

Genethon and Hansa Biopharma announce initiation of a Phase 2 trial

The trial will be conducted in patients with pre-existing anti-AAV antibodies which limit use of gene therapy treatment.

Clinical Trials – November 19, 2024

Modus Therapeutics receives approval to initiate Phase IIa trial for Chronic Kidney Disease

Modus Therapeutics has received approval from the relevant authorities in Italy for its planned Phase IIa clinical trial with sevuparin.

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NLS Insight

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 […]

Drug development – November 19, 2024

Questions raised around myeloma treatments

In Sweden, recent debate and criticism regarding approved multiple myeloma treatments has shone the spotlight on IMiDs and their effects. NLS asked Fredrik Schjesvold, MD, PhD, founder and leader of Oslo Myeloma Center, Oslo University Hospital, about these drugs and the ongoing debate. 

Column – December 10, 2024

Protein, protein, protein!

When it comes to life science, one of the strengths of Norway and the Nordics is basic and translational immunology. This is where researchers engineer cells and soluble proteins with the aim of developing new strategies to treat diseases, such as autoimmunity and cancer. 

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