Bergen, Norway, 28 June 2019: BerGenBio ASA (the “Company”) (OSE: BGBIO) today announces that in order to to fulfil the Company’s obligations under its option scheme, the Board of Directors has resolved to increase the Company’s share capital by NOK 9,000 by issuance of 90,000 new shares. The new shares have been issued to an … Read more
Bergen, Norway, 21 June 2019 – Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published by BerGenBio ASA (the “Company”) (OSE: BGBIO) on 13 June 2018 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, 20 June 2019. Primary Insider Sveinung Hole has today purchased 2,950 shares in BerGenBio ASA at an average price of NOK 13.44. Following this transaction, Sveinung Hole holds in total 107,394 shares in BerGenBio ASA, including 104,444 shares owned by Svev AS, corresponding to 0.18% of the shares in BerGenBio ASA. -End- Contacts … Read more
Two posters to be presented at the 2019 annual congress of the European Hematology Association on 14th June Phase II trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy in elderly acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy shows significant efficacy Preliminary responses reported in 6/14 (43%) patients, with CR/CRi in 4/14 (29%) patients; … Read more
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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES, OR IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE. … Read more
Phase II trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy in elderly AML patients unfit for intensive therapy shows promising efficacy 6 out of 13 (46%) patients receiving LDAC combination achieved an Overall Response Rate (ORR) of 46% 3 out of 12 evaluable patients receiving decitabine combination achieved an ORR of 25% ORR significantly higher … Read more
Phase II trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with KEYTRUDA in advanced NSCLC patients shows 12-month survival data surpassing historical benchmarks in second-line treatment with PD-1 inhibitor monotherapy Promising clinical activity continues to be seen, particularly in patients with AXL positive tumours including those with low or no PD-L1 expression Chicago, USA, 02 June 2019 – … Read more
Bergen, Norway, 31 May 2019 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), will share its latest updates and data on an investor call on 4 June 2019, during the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. BerGenBio’s senior management team will be hosting the call at 15:30 CET. Dial-in details are: Standard International Dial-In: +44 (0) 2071 928000 United … Read more
Two peer reviewed abstracts on Phase II clinical data with bemcentinib accepted for presentation at ASCO 2019 Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) trial of bemcentinib in combination with pembrolizumab, data to be presented includes safety, response rates and overall survival Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) trial of bemcentinib in combination with low dose AraC chemotherapy or decitabine … Read more
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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.