Press Release 01.2020 Oncoinvent AS today announced it has completed a 40 million NOK round of financing. Hadean Ventures led the investment round with participation from existing investors CGS Holding AS, Helene Sundt AS, Alpine Capital AS, Artal AS, and Sciencons AS. The investment brings Oncoinvent’s total funding to 268 million NOK and will help the company aggressively pursue clinical development of its lead product candidate Radspherin®. Dr. Ingrid Teigland Akay, Managing Partner of Hadean Ventures will join the Oncoinvent Board of Directors.
Press Release 05.2019: Oncoinvent announced today that research relating to a radioactivity standard for radium-224 (224Ra) in secular equilibrium has been published in the Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes by Oncoinvent research scientist Elisa Napoli and researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This is an important step in the development of Radspherin® as the standard will form the basis for calibration of clinical doses of Radspherin®.
Press Release 04.2019: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce that the Oslo University Hospital and Oncoinvent have each been awarded Innovation Funding to develop Radspherin® as a treatment for colorectal cancer patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis. The two awards make for a combined total of 7,9 million NOK where Oncoinvent will receive 4,6 MNOK and Oslo University Hospital 3,3 MNOK. The Innovation Norway grants will allow Oncoinvent to expand the clinical use of Radspherin® from the current planned study in ovarian cancer patients and enables the company to carry out phase 1 clinical trials to assess the clinical safety of Radspherin® in colorectal cancer patients as well.
Press Release 03.2019: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce that it has received a manufacturing authorization (GMP certificate) for production of Radspherin® clinical trial material from the Norwegian Medicine Agency.
Press Release 02.2019: Oncoinvent has signed an agreement with the Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) for the distribution of Radspherin (investigational medicinal products) to sites and institutions as part of the company’s clinical trial program.
Press Release 02.2019. Oncoinvent is pleased to announce it has appointed Tore Kvam as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kvam has a extensive experience as CFO with several years also within the life science industry. He holds an MBA from the Norwegian Business School, BI and is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Press Release 07.2018. Oncoinvent announces that Radspherin® research findings will be presented at the 32nd Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) (13-17 October 2018, Düsseldorf, Germany).
Press Release 06.2018: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce that research scientist Elisa Napoli presented Radspherin® research findings earlier this week during the Monday morning Novel Radiochemistry session at The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, USA.
Press Release 05.2018: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce today that it has fulfilled the necessary requirements stipulated by the Research Council of Norway and is now eligible to receive 12 MNOK in BIA project funding to help develop its lead product Radspherin®.
Press Release 04.2018: Oncoinvent announced today that the regulatory strategy that will be used in the development of its lead product Radspherin® has been selected.