Entries by Elisabeth K. Andersen

Targovax: Reports full data set on clinical trial of cancer vaccine TG01

October 16, 2018 in /by

Our portfolio company Targovax reports encouraging disease-free survival (DFS) data from TG01 trial in resected pancreatic cancer: 16.1 months median DFS with TG01 and gemcitabine combination for all 32 patients in the trial 19.5 months DFS in 2nd cohort who received an optimized dosing regimen 94% of patients had mutant RAS specific adaptive immune activation […]

Vaccibody: First 10 patients enrolled and vaccination started

October 10, 2018 in /by

Our portfolio company Vaccibody has released an update on the clinical trial of their neoantigen cancer vaccine in phase I/II: 10 patients have been enrolled and vaccination has started.   Mads Axelsen, MD, Chief Medical Officer in Vaccibody, said in a press release: “We are very pleased with the enrollment in the neoantigen trial and […]

Targovax: Encouraging interim results of ONCOS-102

September 30, 2018 in /by

Our portfolio company Targovax has released interim results from the phase I trial of ONCOS-102 in checkpoint inhibitor refractory melanoma.   Dr. Magnus Jäderberg, CMO of Targovax, said in a press release from the company: “Given the limited number of patients who have completed the study to date, it is encouraging to already see a complete […]

Vaccibody in collaboration with prestige company Nektar Therapeutics

September 24, 2018 in /by

Our portolio company Vaccibody AS just entered a clinical collaboration with U.S. company Nektar Therapeutics.   The aim of the collaboration is to evaluate Vaccibody’s personalized cancer neoantigen vaccine, VB10.NEO, in combination with Nektar’s immune treatment NKTR-214, which is a CD-122-biased agonist. In an interview with Norwegian financial paper “Finansavisen”, President and CSO  in Vaccibody, […]

New CEO in Photocure

September 24, 2018 in /by

Our portfolio company Photocure ASA has appointed Daniel Schneider as Chief Exceutive Officer and President.  Mr Schneider joins Photocure from the position of General Manager for Ablynx N.V. in North America. Mr Schneider will commence the position upon further agreement, expected prior to 1 November 2018. Erik Dahl will continue to serve as the acting […]

Vi feirer 50 episoder med podkast

June 14, 2018 in /by

Vi har nå kommet til episode 50 i vår podkast RADIUM. Det feires med en live innspilling. Vi skal snakke om et tema som RADFORSK er veldig engasjert i, nemlig kliniske studier. Studiene er helt avgjørende for å utvikle kreftbehandling, og det er enormt viktig at norske kreftpasienter får ta del i dette.    I […]

Update on PARADIGME from Nordic Nanovector

April 11, 2018 in /by

Our portfolio company Nordic Nanovector provided an update on its clinical development programme, including updated guidance on expected milestones for the pivotal PARADIGME trial in early April. At the same time CEO Luigi Costa informed that he would resign from his position.    View a webcast of the update  Download presentation on the update Press […]