Bergen, Norway, 5 February 2020 – Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published by BerGenBio ASA (the “Company”) (OSE: BGBIO) on 30 January 2020 where the Company announced that the board of directors of the Company had resolved to increase the Company’s share capital in connection with the private placement. A total of … Read more
Bergen, Norway, 3 February 2020 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), will announce its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019 on Tuesday 11 February 2020. A presentation by BerGenBio’s senior management team will take place at 10 am CET at: Hotel ContinentalStortingsgaten 24/26Oslo The presentation will webcast live and the link will be available at www.bergenbio.com in … Read more
Bergen, Norway, 30 January 2020 – A Extraordinary General Meeting in BerGenBio ASA will be held on 20 February 2020 at 17:00 hours (CET) at the company’s offices in Møllendalsbakken 9, 5009 Bergen. The notice, registration form and power of attorney are attached to this release. The notice will be sent to all registered shareholders and … Read more
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· First stage clinical efficacy endpoint met for the Phase II trial cohort evaluating selective AXL inhibitor bemcentinib in combination with Keytruda[®] in patients with advanced NSCLC who have failed checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Criteria were met for expansion of this cohort to a second stage. Bergen, Norway, 15 January 2019 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE: BGBIO) a … Read more
· Phase II trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) in elderly AML patients unfit for intensive therapy is well tolerated and shows promising efficacy Long duration of response (>9.9 mo, still maturing) with 50% CR/CRi in 6 evaluable newly diagnosed patients receiving the bemcentinib-LDAC combination. Clinical benefit demonstrated in >2L relapsed and … Read more
FDA granted Fast Track Designation for 2L Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) High Impact oral presentation of 2L NSCLC clinical data at SITC Met primary and secondary endpoints in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Phase II clinical trial in patients previously treated with chemotherapy (cohort A) Proprietary composite AXL tumor immune score (cAXL) identified patients that … Read more
· BerGenBio’s proprietary Composite AXL Tumor-Immune Score predicts patients that have significantly prolonged clinical benefit Primary endpoint of ORR in cohort A met, in predominantly PD-L1 low/negative patients Combination is 5-fold more active in composite AXL positive patients (33% ORR) vs AXL negative patients (7% ORR) Secondary endpoint, median Progression Free Survival of 8.4 months in … Read more
soug@oncoinvent.com
Oystein Soug has over 15 years of experience in biotechnology, holding several management positions. Most recently, Mr. Soug was CEO of Arxx Therapeutics, where he led the company to initiate the clinical programme and was responsible for the merger with Dutch pharma company Oxitope Pharma to create Calluna Pharma. Prior to Arxx, he served as CFO and then CEO of Targovax, an Oslo listed biotechnology company, which went public during Mr. Soug’s tenure. Mr. Soug started his career in biotech as CFO of Oslo-listed radiopharmaceutical company Algeta. During this period, the company conducted a successful phase 3 trial, launched its radium-223 based prostate cancer drug Xofigo® and out-licensed the drug. Mr. Soug co-led the sale of the company to Bayer in 2014.
Mr. Soug holds an MSc in Economics and
Financial Markets from Universität St. Gallen in Switzerland in 1997
mansson@oncoinvent.com
Anders Månsson is a business executive with over 25 years of experience from management roles in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on commercialisation and M&A + licensing. Mr. Månsson has held leading roles in the industry both in his native Sweden and in other European countries, and he has worked extensively with the USA and Asia as focus markets in global roles.
Mr. Månsson holds a B.Sc. degree in Business & Economics from Lund’s University in Sweden as well as an MBA from Business School Lausanne in Switzerland. He has a broad-based industrial experience, featuring both large multinational companies such as Meda, Ferring & LEO Pharma, and including leading roles in start-ups and smaller biotech companies. On top of his executive role in Oncoinvent, Mr. Månsson holds two non-executive director positions serving on the board of EQL Pharma AB as well Immetric AB, the latter being an investment company focusing on life science.