4 December 2024

Oncoinvent Announces Agreement with ARTBIO to Collaborate on Radiopharma Laboratory Facilities

“We are excited to partner with ARTBIO on the combined exploitation of our radiopharmaceutical laboratory facilities and analytical services,” said Oystein Soug, Chief Executive Officer of Oncoinvent. “Our state-of-the-art laboratory and equipment represent years of expertise and significant investment in radiopharmaceutical development, making them invaluable resources. This agreement allows us to optimize our facility usage, leveraging our advanced capabilities and capacity.”

“Oncoinvent has built up significant expertise in the area of alpha based radiopharmaceuticals R&D and production, offering a considerable opportunity for joint laboratory facility utilization,” said Emanuele Ostuni, Chief Executive Officer of ARTBIO. “We see this partnership as a key collaboration that further strengthens the greater Oslo radiopharmaceutical hub.”

About Oncoinvent

Oncoinvent ASA is a clinical stage, radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments for solid cancers. The technology platform is focused on the use of alpha-emitting radionuclides to deliver powerful radiation directly to cancer cells. The Company’s lead product candidate, Radspherin®, is being advanced through clinical development by a team with experience from all stages of radiopharmaceutical development. Internal manufacturing and supply chain capabilities have been established, which now have the capacity to supply Radspherin® for multi-center phase 2 clinical studies.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements and are not a representation that Oncoinvent’s plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Oncoinvent’s expectations as of the date of this press release, and Oncoinvent disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including with respect to whether the results of clinical or other studies will support the use of our product offerings, the impact of results of such studies, our expectations of the reliability, accuracy and performance of our tests, or of the benefits of our tests and product offerings to patients, providers and payers.

For further information, please contact:
Oystein Soug, Chief Executive Officer
Email: soug@oncoinvent.com

Tore Kvam, Chief Financial Officer
Email: kvam@oncoinvent.com

IR enquiries:

Courtney Mogerley, Precision AQ
Email: Courtney.Mogerley@precisionaq.com

Øystein Soug

Chief Executive Officer

soug@oncoinvent.com

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

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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.

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