Eight-Year-Old Hugo – Living with Type 1 Diabetes and Participating in the ProTrans Study

May 15, 2025

NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") is featured in the Future Healthcare – Focus on Diabetes supplement of the Swedish national newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, through an article highlighting eight-year-old Hugo Wahlbeck, who is currently enrolled in the ongoing paediatric study with ProTrans – the Company’s leading investigational therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.

The article, written in collaboration with the patient advocacy group Together Against Diabetes 1 (T.A.D.1), recounts Hugo and his family’s journey since his diagnosis in October 2024 and their experience participating in the clinical trial. Although the family does not know whether Hugo received ProTrans or placebo, they describe a life change for the better, with stable blood sugar levels, reduced anxiety, and significantly fewer night time alarms.

“We even have 24-hour periods without a single alarm,” Hugo’s mother Anna shares in the article.

ProTrans is an allogeneic cell therapy based on mesenchymal stromal cells derived from umbilical cord tissue and administered as a single intravenous infusion. The goal is to halt disease progression and preserve the patient’s endogenous insulin production. Previous clinical trials in adults have demonstrated that patients receiving ProTrans maintain significantly higher levels of insulin production compared to placebo, with effects lasting for at least five years.

The ongoing paediatric trial, ProTrans-Young, is sponsored by Uppsala University with Professor Per-Ola Carlsson as the principal investigator. For more information (in Swedish), please visit: nextcellpharma.com/studie

The article is attached to this press release and is also available in full at nextcellpharma.com, SvD Vårdfokus Diabetes. The space in the newspaper supplement was funded by NextCell, but the content was produced by an independent writer in collaboration with T.A.D.1.

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About NextCell Pharma AB
NextCell Pharma is a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing ProTrans, a patent-protected platform based on allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from umbilical cord. Using a proprietary selection algorithm, ProTrans delivers optimised cell tailored to specific indications.  In type 1 diabetes, a single infusion has been shown to preserve insulin production and delay disease progression for at least five years.  A Phase III trial is planned to commence upon securing a commercial partner. ProTrans is also being evaluated for other autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. NextCell’s subsidiaries include Cellaviva, Scandinavia’s largest private stem cell bank, and QVance, the Nordic region’s first dedicated provider of quality services for developers of advanced therapies.

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2018-11-12
Earlier announced directed share issue to Nordic Tech House AB registered at the Swedish Companies Registrations Office
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") hereby announces that the directed share issue to Nordic Tech House AB (”NTH”) has been registered at the Swedish Companies Registrations Office (Bolagsverket). The newly issued shares are under lock-up. In total, 260 100 shares have been issued at a subscription price of SEK 5.767 per share, equivalent to 2.3 percent of votes and capital in NXTCL. The shares will be settled retrospectively. After the registration at the Swedish Companies Registrations Office, the total amount of shares in NXTCL are 11 486 456 and the share capital is SEK 2 354 723,48. NTH has
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") hereby announces that the directed share issue to Nordic Tech House AB (”NTH”) has been registered at the Swedish Companies Registrations Office (Bolagsverket). The newly issued shares are under lock-up. In total, 260 100 shares have been issued at a subscription p...
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NextCell Pharma AB hereby, on November 9th, 2018, publishes the annual report for the fiscal year 2017/2018. The annual report is available on the company’s website (www.nextcellpharma.com) and Spotlight Stock Market’s website (www.spotlightstockmarket.com)....
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