Zelluna Immunotherapy appoints Miguel Forte as CEO

Our portfolio company Zelluna Immunotherapy has appointed Miguel Forte as chief executive officer (CEO) to drive Zelluna through next stage of international clinical-phase development.   Zelluna Immunotherapy is a biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies targeting a broad range of solid cancers with a high unmet medical need. “Zelluna has a very strong foundation, […]

Ultimovacs henter inn 125 millioner

Vårt porteføljeselskap Ultimovacs sikrer finansiering til videre utvikling av kreftvaksine ved å hente inn 125 millioner kroner. Selskapet er nå priset til 675 millioner.   Kreftvaksineselskapet Ultimovacs AS henter NOK 125 millioner til videre dokumentasjon av vaksinen til behandling av kreft og en utredning av om vaksinen også kan utvikles til å brukes som en forebyggende […]

Targovax reports 100 % one year survival rate from trial

Our portfolio company Targovax announces encouraging one-year survival rate and safety data in the modified cohort of the TG01 trial in resected pancreatic cancer. The trial is an open label, phase I/II trial of the cancer vaccine TG01/GM-CSF in combination with gemcitabine as adjuvant therapy for treating patients with resected adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. The […]

Kronikk i Aftenposten

Sent i september hadde Jónas Einarsson en kronikk i Aftenposten der han ber myndigheter og legemiddelindustri komme opp av skyttergravene og snakke med hverandre. Årsaken er at det nåværende systemet for innkjøp og prissetting ikke fungerer, og at pasientene blir de skadelidende. Du kan lese hele kronikken nedenfor.   Ikke kjeft. Snakk med hverandre Av […]

Targovax granted two US patents in short time

Our portfolio company Targovax has over the short time span of eight days managed to be granted not one, but two, US patents for their mutant-RAS neoantigen platform. The first patent is issued to protect  Targovax’ mutant-RAS specific neoantigen vaccines, TG01 and TG02, for the treatment of cancer in combination with anti-metabolite chemotherapy. Read more about […]

PCI Biotech receives US Orphan Drug Designation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to our portfolio company PCI Biotech. This is a major regulatory milestone for the development of the company´s lead product candidate named fimaporfin for the treatment of patients suffering from bile duct cancer.   This patient population has no approved treatment alternatives today […]

View video´s from our events @ Oslo Innovation Week

Radforsk co-hosted three cancer-related events during Oslo Innovation Week and Forskningsdagene. If you missed out, you may watch them now. Together with our partners the Norwegian Cancer Society, Oslo Cancer Cluster, IBM Norway, Cancer Research UK, Norway Health Tech and EAT, we hosted these events. We had great audiences during our three events on the 27th and […]

PCI Biotech progressing positively

The progress especially applies for the fimaCHEM programme , with early promising signs of effect in Phase I in treatment of bilde duct cancer.