13 April 2018

Oncoinvent sets regulatory strategy for development of 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.

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The company has previously communicated that there are two equally attractive commercialization options available for Radspherin®. Due to Radspherin®’ s inherent product characteristics the company has the option of either developing Radspherin as a medical device, or as a medicinal product. In the past, development of medical devices in Europe has traditionally taken significantly less time and has cost less than the development of medicinal products, an advantage that Oncoinvent has been considering could potentially lead to a faster time to market in Europe for Radspherin®.

Changes to the regulatory requirements for European market access

Requirements for medical devices are changing in the EU. The new Medical Devices Regulation and IVD Regulation that was published in 2017 will have a dramatic effect on the future medical device industry. One consequence of the new regulation is that clinical data requirements and clinical development times and costs for medical devices will become significantly longer and greater respectively by the year 2020.

Based on input from the FDA, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, the German Notified Body TÜV-SÜD, in addition to expert advice received in the areas of clinical development, regulatory approvals, and market access, the company has now made the decision to develop Radspherin® as a medicinal product

Oncoinvent CEO Jan A. Alfheim commented,” After thoroughly analyzing the potential risks and benefits of the two regulatory pathways for Radspherin® we have concluded that selecting a medicinal product regulatory strategy for the USA and Europe will have a limited impact on the necessary future development cost, while providing a greater market potential for Radspherin®. This decision will affect the start of our planned phase I clinical trials, which we now plan to start early next year. We have concluded that the company’s decision best serves the interests of the company and our shareholders in the long term”

 

About Radspherin®
Radspherin® is a novel alpha-emitting radioactive microsphere designed for treatment of metastatic cancers in body cavities. The radium-224 based therapeutic, Radspherin® has shown strong and consistent anticancer activity at doses being essentially non-toxic in preclinical studies. It is anticipated that the product can potentially treat several forms of metastatic cancer. The first clinical indication for Radspherin® will be treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from ovarian cancer. Peritoneal carcinomatosis is one of the most serious complications of gastrointestinal and gynecological malignancies.

About Oncoinvent
Oncoinvent AS is a privately held Norwegian company based in Oslo, Norway. The company is committed to developing new innovative products to provide better treatment options to cancer patients.

The company’s founders started Oncoinvent in 2010 with a view to designing better cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns. This approach has allowed the company to develop a rich pipeline and to explore multiple technological avenues before selecting a lead product candidate for preclinical testing.

 

 

For further information, please contact:
Jan A. Alfheim, Chief Executive Officer
Cell: +47 46 44 00 45
Email: alfheim@oncoinvent.com

IR enquiries:
Ole Peter Nordby, Chief Financial Officer
Cell: +47 41 28 71 79
Email: nordby@oncoinvent.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

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.