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Oncoinvent Presents Preliminary 18-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 13th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

At 18 months, no patients at the recommended dose of 7 MBq experienced peritoneal recurrences

Robust safety profile demonstrated, no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported
Presentation on October 4, 2023, at 11:55 a.m. CET (5:55 a.m. EDT)

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Oncoinvent Presents 15-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Median PFS (progression free survival) was not reached at 15 months, and no patients at recommended dose of 7 MBq had peritoneal recurrences

All dose levels of Radspherin®, including recommended dose of 7 MBq, were well tolerated at 15 months with no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported

Radspherin® is currently being evaluated in two ongoing Phase 1/2A trials for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer

Poster discussion session on June 5, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. ET

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Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in a Second Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in a second patient population; ovarian cancer patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis

Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that a second phase 1 clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin® has been initiated. The first ovarian cancer patient has been treated with Radspherin® at the Radium Hospital in Oslo under the guidance of clinical investigator Dr. Yun Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

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Oncoinvent announces result of oversubscribed repair issue

Reference is made to the extraordinary general meeting notice published on 20th of May 2020 regarding a repair issue with gross proceeds of up to NOK 9 million directed towards eligible shareholders and company employees (the “Repair Issue”). The Repair Issue consisted of an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 175,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible shareholders and an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 25,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible employees. The subscription period for the Repair Issue ended on 29th of May 2020 at 16.30 hours (CEST). The subscription price in the Repair Issue was NOK 45 per Offer Share.

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Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Press Release 02.2020:
Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in colorectal patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis



Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin®.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Secures 40 Million NOK Financing Round Led by Hadean Ventures

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.

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Oncoinvent: Publication of standardization model for activity of radium-224

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®.

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Oncoinvent awarded 4,6 MNOK in Innovation Funding

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.

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Oncoinvent announces appointment of new Chief Financial Officer

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.

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New Radspherin® data published

Press Release 01.2018: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce today that Oncoinvent researchers have published data demonstrating the efficacy of the Radspherin® in two separate models of peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from ovarian cancer cell lines in the journal Translational Oncology.

Read More »

Radspherin® EU patent and OI-3 antibody US patent issued

Press Release: Oncoinvent announced today that European Patent 3111959 entitled ”Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. This patent provides patent protection for the company’s lead product candidate Radspherin® in Europe. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

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Oncoinvent presents Radspherin® preclinical data at 30th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

Press Release 06.2017

Work presented indicates that, with certain precautions, 224Ra based biomedical products can be used in a safe manner for the hospital staff and patients.
In vivo studies show that 224Ra-labeled CaCO3 microparticles could be safely administered in mice at therapeutically relevant doses and with a high degree of intraperitoneal retention.
The novel α-emitting microparticles have properties that make them a promising new modality for intracavitary cancer therapy.

Read More »

Oncoinvent is on the move!

Oncoinvent announced today that will be moving operations from its current facilities at Kjelsåsveien 168B to a new location at Gullhaugveien 7 in Nydalen, Oslo in April. The move will provide the company with a larger office space as well as space for a new production and lab facililties.

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Oncoinvent patent issues in the USA

Press release: Oncoinvent announced today that US Patent 9,539,346 entitled “Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

Read More »

New Chief Executive Officer

The 1st of September 2016, Jan A. Alfheim entered the position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oncoinvent AS. Jan A. Alfheim comes from the position Chief Operation Officer (COO) in Nordic Nanovector ASA, where he until 2014 was responsible for the company’s leadership as CEO. Tina B. Bønsdorff enters the position as Chief Scientific

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15 million in a private placement

Oncoinvent AS has successfully completed a private placement. The share offering was directed towards Oncoinvent’s existing shareholders and a limited number of private investors. The issue was oversubscribed and will provide NOK 15 mill. to Oncoinvent, net of transaction costs.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Presents Preliminary 18-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 13th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

At 18 months, no patients at the recommended dose of 7 MBq experienced peritoneal recurrences

Robust safety profile demonstrated, no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported
Presentation on October 4, 2023, at 11:55 a.m. CET (5:55 a.m. EDT)

Read More »

Oncoinvent Presents 15-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Median PFS (progression free survival) was not reached at 15 months, and no patients at recommended dose of 7 MBq had peritoneal recurrences

All dose levels of Radspherin®, including recommended dose of 7 MBq, were well tolerated at 15 months with no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported

Radspherin® is currently being evaluated in two ongoing Phase 1/2A trials for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer

Poster discussion session on June 5, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. ET

Read More »

Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in a Second Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in a second patient population; ovarian cancer patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis

Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that a second phase 1 clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin® has been initiated. The first ovarian cancer patient has been treated with Radspherin® at the Radium Hospital in Oslo under the guidance of clinical investigator Dr. Yun Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Read More »

Oncoinvent announces result of oversubscribed repair issue

Reference is made to the extraordinary general meeting notice published on 20th of May 2020 regarding a repair issue with gross proceeds of up to NOK 9 million directed towards eligible shareholders and company employees (the “Repair Issue”). The Repair Issue consisted of an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 175,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible shareholders and an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 25,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible employees. The subscription period for the Repair Issue ended on 29th of May 2020 at 16.30 hours (CEST). The subscription price in the Repair Issue was NOK 45 per Offer Share.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Press Release 02.2020:
Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in colorectal patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis



Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin®.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Secures 40 Million NOK Financing Round Led by Hadean Ventures

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.

Read More »

Oncoinvent: Publication of standardization model for activity of radium-224

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®.

Read More »

Oncoinvent awarded 4,6 MNOK in Innovation Funding

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.

Read More »

Oncoinvent announces appointment of new Chief Financial Officer

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.

Read More »

New Radspherin® data published

Press Release 01.2018: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce today that Oncoinvent researchers have published data demonstrating the efficacy of the Radspherin® in two separate models of peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from ovarian cancer cell lines in the journal Translational Oncology.

Read More »

Radspherin® EU patent and OI-3 antibody US patent issued

Press Release: Oncoinvent announced today that European Patent 3111959 entitled ”Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. This patent provides patent protection for the company’s lead product candidate Radspherin® in Europe. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

Read More »

Oncoinvent presents Radspherin® preclinical data at 30th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

Press Release 06.2017

Work presented indicates that, with certain precautions, 224Ra based biomedical products can be used in a safe manner for the hospital staff and patients.
In vivo studies show that 224Ra-labeled CaCO3 microparticles could be safely administered in mice at therapeutically relevant doses and with a high degree of intraperitoneal retention.
The novel α-emitting microparticles have properties that make them a promising new modality for intracavitary cancer therapy.

Read More »

Oncoinvent is on the move!

Oncoinvent announced today that will be moving operations from its current facilities at Kjelsåsveien 168B to a new location at Gullhaugveien 7 in Nydalen, Oslo in April. The move will provide the company with a larger office space as well as space for a new production and lab facililties.

Read More »

Oncoinvent patent issues in the USA

Press release: Oncoinvent announced today that US Patent 9,539,346 entitled “Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

Read More »

New Chief Executive Officer

The 1st of September 2016, Jan A. Alfheim entered the position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oncoinvent AS. Jan A. Alfheim comes from the position Chief Operation Officer (COO) in Nordic Nanovector ASA, where he until 2014 was responsible for the company’s leadership as CEO. Tina B. Bønsdorff enters the position as Chief Scientific

Read More »

15 million in a private placement

Oncoinvent AS has successfully completed a private placement. The share offering was directed towards Oncoinvent’s existing shareholders and a limited number of private investors. The issue was oversubscribed and will provide NOK 15 mill. to Oncoinvent, net of transaction costs.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Presents Preliminary 18-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 13th PSOGI International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

At 18 months, no patients at the recommended dose of 7 MBq experienced peritoneal recurrences

Robust safety profile demonstrated, no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported
Presentation on October 4, 2023, at 11:55 a.m. CET (5:55 a.m. EDT)

Read More »

Oncoinvent Presents 15-Month Safety and Efficacy Data from Ongoing RAD-18-002 Phase 1/2A Trial of Radspherin® in Colorectal Cancer Patients at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Median PFS (progression free survival) was not reached at 15 months, and no patients at recommended dose of 7 MBq had peritoneal recurrences

All dose levels of Radspherin®, including recommended dose of 7 MBq, were well tolerated at 15 months with no serious adverse events related to Radspherin® reported

Radspherin® is currently being evaluated in two ongoing Phase 1/2A trials for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer

Poster discussion session on June 5, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. ET

Read More »

Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in a Second Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in a second patient population; ovarian cancer patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis

Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that a second phase 1 clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin® has been initiated. The first ovarian cancer patient has been treated with Radspherin® at the Radium Hospital in Oslo under the guidance of clinical investigator Dr. Yun Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Read More »

Oncoinvent announces result of oversubscribed repair issue

Reference is made to the extraordinary general meeting notice published on 20th of May 2020 regarding a repair issue with gross proceeds of up to NOK 9 million directed towards eligible shareholders and company employees (the “Repair Issue”). The Repair Issue consisted of an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 175,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible shareholders and an offer of minimum 1 and maximum 25,000 new shares (each an “Offer Share”) in Oncoinvent AS to eligible employees. The subscription period for the Repair Issue ended on 29th of May 2020 at 16.30 hours (CEST). The subscription price in the Repair Issue was NOK 45 per Offer Share.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Announces Dosing of First Patient with Radspherin® in Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Press Release 02.2020:
Radiopharmaceutical company starts first-in-human trial in colorectal patients suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis



Oncoinvent AS, a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company developing novel radioisotope-based therapies to provide new therapeutic options for cancer patients, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of it’s lead candidate compound Radspherin®.

Read More »

Oncoinvent Secures 40 Million NOK Financing Round Led by Hadean Ventures

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.

Read More »

Oncoinvent: Publication of standardization model for activity of radium-224

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®.

Read More »

Oncoinvent awarded 4,6 MNOK in Innovation Funding

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.

Read More »

Oncoinvent announces appointment of new Chief Financial Officer

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.

Read More »

New Radspherin® data published

Press Release 01.2018: Oncoinvent is pleased to announce today that Oncoinvent researchers have published data demonstrating the efficacy of the Radspherin® in two separate models of peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from ovarian cancer cell lines in the journal Translational Oncology.

Read More »

Radspherin® EU patent and OI-3 antibody US patent issued

Press Release: Oncoinvent announced today that European Patent 3111959 entitled ”Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. This patent provides patent protection for the company’s lead product candidate Radspherin® in Europe. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

Read More »

Oncoinvent presents Radspherin® preclinical data at 30th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

Press Release 06.2017

Work presented indicates that, with certain precautions, 224Ra based biomedical products can be used in a safe manner for the hospital staff and patients.
In vivo studies show that 224Ra-labeled CaCO3 microparticles could be safely administered in mice at therapeutically relevant doses and with a high degree of intraperitoneal retention.
The novel α-emitting microparticles have properties that make them a promising new modality for intracavitary cancer therapy.

Read More »

Oncoinvent is on the move!

Oncoinvent announced today that will be moving operations from its current facilities at Kjelsåsveien 168B to a new location at Gullhaugveien 7 in Nydalen, Oslo in April. The move will provide the company with a larger office space as well as space for a new production and lab facililties.

Read More »

Oncoinvent patent issues in the USA

Press release: Oncoinvent announced today that US Patent 9,539,346 entitled “Radiotherapeutic particles and suspensions” has issued. The patent relates to a particle or pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more particles, or a suspension of same or different particles comprising a degradable compound and an alpha emitting radionuclide and/or a radionuclide generating alpha emitting daughter. The particles are beneficial for use in the treatment of cancer.

Read More »

New Chief Executive Officer

The 1st of September 2016, Jan A. Alfheim entered the position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oncoinvent AS. Jan A. Alfheim comes from the position Chief Operation Officer (COO) in Nordic Nanovector ASA, where he until 2014 was responsible for the company’s leadership as CEO. Tina B. Bønsdorff enters the position as Chief Scientific

Read More »

15 million in a private placement

Oncoinvent AS has successfully completed a private placement. The share offering was directed towards Oncoinvent’s existing shareholders and a limited number of private investors. The issue was oversubscribed and will provide NOK 15 mill. to Oncoinvent, net of transaction costs.

Read More »

Anders Månsson

Chief Executive Officer

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.