Article about Gene and Cell Therapy

June 8, 2021
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2024-04-22
NextCell’s daughter company Cellaviva granted permission to handle amniotic tissue
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) has granted their Cellaviva tissue establishment permission to handle amniotic tissue. Cellaviva is the largest private stem cell bank in the Nordics. Since the launch of the cord blood bank in 2014, the company has increased the business model to include genetic tests and tissue handling services for biotech companies and hospitals.
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2024-04-19
Anders Essen-Möller resigns as Chairman of the Board of Directors due to health reasons
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that its long-time Chairman of the Board, Anders Essen-Möller, after ten years of dedicated leadership, will step down from his role on May 20th, 2024 due to health reasons. Anders has been a central figure in NextCell's journey since 2014 when the Company was founded by Diamyd Medical AB together with board members Hans-Peter Ekre and Edvard Smith, as well as CEO Mathias Svahn and Lena Wikingsson.
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2024-03-27
The Swedish Medical Products Agency approves subgroup analysis in NextCell's ProTrans-Young study
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that the Swedish Medical Products Agency has approved an application to conduct a subgroup analysis of the treatment effect of ProTrans in 30 adolescents in the age group 12-21 years, treated in the ProTrans-Young study. Principal Investigator Professor Per-Ola Carlsson and his team treated the last patient in the age group in February 2024. The approval for the subgroup analysis by the Swedish Medical Products Agency means that the primary efficacy endpoint readout is available after 12 months. The primary efficacy endpoint is measured as a difference in endogenous insulin production comparing ProTrans and placebo-treated patients one year after treatment. Results from the subgroup analysis are planned to be presented in the second quarter of 2025.
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2024-03-14
NextCell establishes QVance to meet the Nordic’s need for quality analytics
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that it has formed a subsidiary company specialising in quality control analytics. QVance’s launch is a strategic addition for NextCell as the company grows its presence in the advanced therapy market. QVance will specialise in quality analyses for advanced therapeutic companies, including NextCell, in the growing cell and gene therapy market. QVance will address a large gap in the Nordic region, where there is a significant lack of local providers in this area.
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2024-02-27
NextCell Pharma’s updated growth strategy
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that the Company has decided to implement strategic changes. The new strategic direction means, amongst other things, that Cellaviva will become a wholly owned subsidiary and that the company's GMP facility will have new sources of revenue. The strategic changes will also result in cost savings as a result of staff reduction.
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2024-02-14
NextCell Pharma presents at Redeye Theme: Regenerative Medicine/Cell Therapy
Today Wednesday on February 14th at 10.30 CET Dr. Mathias Svahn, CEO of NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell" or the"Company"), will present the latest developments in the company at Redeye.
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2024-01-25
NextCell publishes its Interim Report 1 2023/2024
NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (NXTCL or NextCell) publishes its Interim Report 1 for the period September 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023. The report is available on the company’s website: https://www.nextcellpharma.com/en/investors#financial-report. NextCells share is traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticker "NXTCL". The amount in brackets refers to the corresponding period in the previous year.  
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2024-01-24
Updates regarding NextCell’s Clinical Trials with ProTrans
NextCell Pharma has several ongoing clinical trials with ProTrans. The largest ongoing study ProTrans Young, which includes 66 patients, is progressing well. All 30 patients in the older age group have been recruited and will be treated with ProTrans. In the long-term follow-up studies ProTrans-Obs and ProTrans-Repeat the first diabetes patients have now completed the studies after five years of follow-up.
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