NextCell Pharma publishes its Interim Report 3 2024/2025

July 24, 2025

NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (NXTCL or NextCell) publishes its Interim Report 3 for the period March 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025. This English version of the Interim Report is a translation of the Swedish version. The Swedish version is the official version.
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.

Third Quarter (2025-03-01 to 2025-05-31)

  • Operating income amounted to 2,262 (2,482) TSEK, of which Cellaviva contributed 2,261 (2,442) TSEK.
     
  • Net sales amounted to 2,261 (2,442) TSEK.
     
  • Profit/loss after financial items amounted to -10,271 (-8,822) TSEK.
     
  • Earnings per share* were -0.14 (-0.26) SEK.
     
  • Cash and cash equivalents amounted to 16,710 (20,797) TSEK. 
     
  • Equity ratio** amounted to 79 (77) percent.

First Nine Months (2024-09-01 to 2025-05-31)

  • Operating income amounted to 8,542 (9,582) TSEK, of which Cellaviva contributed 8,338 (9,022) TSEK.
     
  • Net sales amounted to 8,338 (9,022) TSEK.
     
  • Profit/loss after financial items amounted to -26,511 (-28,710) TSEK.
     
  • Earnings per share* were -0.36 (-0.84) SEK.

*Earnings per share: Net result for the period divided by the average number of shares. The average number of shares for the third quarter of 2024/2025: 73,091,327 (34,379,523) shares. The average number of shares for the first nine months  of 2024/2025: 73,091,327 (34,379,523) shares. The number of shares in NextCell as of 31 May 2025: 73,091,327 (34,379,523) shares.
**Equity ratio: Shareholders’ equity as a percentage of total assets.

Significant events and news during the third quarter

● At the end of March, NextCell Pharma announced that the company's Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), Dr. Lindsay Davies, has been elected to the Board of Directors of ATMP Sweden.

At the beginning of April, NextCell published preliminary 1-year results from the older age group (12–21 years) in the ongoing ProTrans-Young clinical study. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy of the company's cell therapy ProTrans in preserving insulin production in young individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, compared to placebo.

NextCell announced in early April that Dr. Lindsay Davies, Chief Scientific Officer at NextCell Pharma AB, has been elected Vice President Elect for Europe within the international industry organization International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT).

At the beginning of May, the company announced that a recently published clinical study showed promising results for mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in the treatment of mild Alzheimer's disease. The study is a phase 2a study and is published in Nature Medicine (Rash et al., 2025) The results strengthen the scientific basis for NextCell's drug candidate ProTrans, which is being developed for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

NextCell announced in mid-May that Eric Strati PharmD, MBA, joins NextCell's Board of Advisors to support the commercial strategy for ProTrans

In mid-May, NextCell announced that it had entered into a strategic partnership with Fujifilm Irvine Scientific Inc. to bring together their core competencies in mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and life science raw materials. The goal of the collaboration is a comprehensive offering to researchers, biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the cell therapy field – standardized MSC products, optimized cell culture and solutions for cryopreservation.

At the end of May, the company announced that it hadbeen granted a US patent for the MSC prediction algorithm. The patent protects NextCell's innovative method for predicting the effect of treatment with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in individual patients and for developing individualized treatment options based on this prediction.

At the end of May, the company further announced that Angela Vollstedt, PhD, MBA, will join NextCell's Board of Advisors to strengthen the company's strategy for manufacturing and licensing.


Significant events and news after the reporting period

At the beginning of June, the Company announced the outcome of the exercise of TO2 and resolved on directed share issues to guarantors, Through the exercise of the Warrants and the Directed Issue, the Company will receive a total of approximately SEK 36.6 million before deduction of issue costs. Furthermore, the Board of Directors has resolved on a set-off issue of 1,742,100 shares to the guarantors for payment of the guarantee fee.

The Company announced in early June that all patients in the ongoing ProTrans-Young clinical study had been treated. A milestone that marks the completion of dosing in the company's largest clinical study to date. ProTrans-Young is evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company's lead cell therapy candidate, ProTrans, for the treatment of children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT).

In Mid-July the company summoned to an Extra General Meeting on August 21st in order to change the company's fiscal year to be aligned with the calendar year.


This disclosure contains information that NextCell Pharma AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014) and the Swedish Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 24-07-2025 07:00 CET.

For more information about NextCell Pharma, please contact
Mathias Svahn, CEO
Patrik Fagerholm, CFO
Tel: +46 8 735 55 95
E-mail: info@nextcellpharma.com
Website:www.nextcellpharma.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/NextCell-Pharma
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NextCellPharma


For more information about Cellaviva, please contact
Sofie Falk Jansson, CEO Cellaviva AB
Tel: +46 8 735 20 10
E-mail: info@cellaviva.se
Website:www.cellaviva.se


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cellavivasverige
Instagram: https://www,instagram.com/cellaviva

Certified Adviser
The company's shares are listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market.
RedEye AB is assigned as Certified Adviser.

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 tissue. 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.

Download attachmentRead full press release on Cision (external link)
2020-11-20
The Board of Directors of NextCell Pharma intends on resolving on a fully guaranteed preferential rights issue of approximately SEK 150 million
The Board of Directors of NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or the “Company”) today announces its intention to resolve on a fully guaranteed rights issue of up to approximately SEK 150 million with preferential rights for the Company’s existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”). The Board of Directors’ intent to resolve on the Rights Issue requires that the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 24 November 2020 authorizes the Board of Directors to resolve on share issues. In the notice convening the Annual General Meeting, which was published by press release on 23 October 2020, the
The Board of Directors of NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or the “Company”) today announces its intention to resolve on a fully guaranteed rights issue of up to approximately SEK 150 million with preferential rights for the Company’s existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”). The Board of Directo...
Read moreRead more
2020-11-16
NextCell supports ProTrans study for children and adolescents
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell”) has entered into an agreement with Professor Per-Ola Carlsson, at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala University, with the aim of contributing the stem cell product ProTrans™ (ProTrans) for the treatment of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, within the framework of clinical drug trials. The study, which is in the planning stage, is part of NextCell's strategy to support academic groups with drugs to be able to evaluate ProTrans for a wider use. NextCell's drug candidate, ProTrans, for the treatment of type 1 diabetes is a mesenchymal stem cell
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell”) has entered into an agreement with Professor Per-Ola Carlsson, at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala University, with the aim of contributing the stem cell product ProTrans™ (ProTrans) for the treatment of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, within ...
Read moreRead more
2020-11-09
NextCell has formally kicked-off its Eurostars funded project ‘ Bioscale ’
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or the “Company”) announces today that it, in cooperation with the consortium members: MyCellHub, SEFA and Scinus Cell Expansion, now officially has kicked-off the earlier announced Eurostars project. The Eurostars project Bioscale will focus on using a novel cell expansion system developed by Scinus Cell Expansion, to further test, develop and validate the involved bioprocesses used in the production of NextCell’s drug candidate ProTrans™ (ProTrans). · NextCell has been granted €470,000 of a Eurostar grant totalling €1.6M. The total budget of the project is €2.
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or the “Company”) announces today that it, in cooperation with the consortium members: MyCellHub, SEFA and Scinus Cell Expansion, now officially has kicked-off the earlier announced Eurostars project. The Eurostars project Bioscale will focus on using a novel cell e...
Read moreRead more
2020-10-30
NextCell publishes its Year-End Report
NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (NXTCL) publishes its Year-End Report for the period September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 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. Twelve months (2019-09-01 until 2020-08-31) ● Operating income amounted to SEK 4 166 123 (1 964 132). ● Operating result amounted to SEK -17 680 697 (-17 997 787). ● Earnings per share* amounted
NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (NXTCL) publishes its Year-End Report for the period September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 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 th...
Read moreRead more
2020-10-29
Study design and plan for the recently approved COVID-19 study with ProTrans
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or “the Company”) announced last week that a clinical trial with the stem cell therapy product ProTrans for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 has been approved. A total of nine patients will be treated within this phase 1b study, called "ProTrans 19+". The company provides an update prior to the initiation of the study. · ProTrans 19+ will treat COVID-19 patients with NextCell's lead candidate ProTrans. The study will be performed at the University Hospital in Örebro in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Trials and Karolinska Trial Alliance.
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell” or “the Company”) announced last week that a clinical trial with the stem cell therapy product ProTrans for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 has been approved. A total of nine patients will be treated within this phase 1b study, called "ProTrans 19+". The com...
Read moreRead more
2020-10-21
ProTrans stem cells approved for clinical trials in COVID-19 patients
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") today announces that the application for clinical trial of COVID-19 patients with the drug candidate ProTrans has been approved by both the Ethics Committy and the Swedish Medical Product Agency. The study will be conducted at the University Hospital in Örebro in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Trials and Karolinska Trial Alliance. ProTrans is developed as an immunomodulatory stem cell therapy presently evaluated in clinical trials treating patients with type-1 diabetes. However, the mechanism of immunomodulation is expected to be applicable in
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") today announces that the application for clinical trial of COVID-19 patients with the drug candidate ProTrans has been approved by both the Ethics Committy and the Swedish Medical Product Agency. The study will be conducted at the University Hospital in Örebro in c...
Read moreRead more
2020-10-14
NextCell presents at “Investerarjakten”
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell”) will today at 15:00 present at Investerarjakten. Viewers have the possibility to ask questions directly to CEO Mathias Svahn. The event is broadcast live on Studio Direct's youtube channel, the facebook group Aktier and on Investerarbrevet.se between 13:00-17:00. In September, NextCell published positive data for its Phase II study, ProTrans-2. The patients with type 1 diabetes treated with a dose of the stem cell drug ProTrans had maintained a statistically significantly higher insulin production after 12 months compared with the patients treated with placebo
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell”) will today at 15:00 present at Investerarjakten. Viewers have the possibility to ask questions directly to CEO Mathias Svahn. The event is broadcast live on Studio Direct's youtube channel, the facebook group Aktier and on Investerarbrevet.se between 13:00-17:00. ...
Read moreRead more
2020-09-10
Presentation of the positive results from ProTrans-2
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") announced earlier this week that the clinical diabetes trial ProTrans-2 had met the primary endpoints. On the occation of that, the principal investigator Professor Per-Ola Carlsson together with NextCell will hold a webcast presentation today, Thursday 10 September at 16.00. The result from the clinical trial ProTrans-2 said that patients treated with a single dose ProTrans show a statistically significant improved preservation of insulin production over 12 months, compared to patients treated with placebo (p-value < 0.05). Today, on Thursday the 10th of
NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell") announced earlier this week that the clinical diabetes trial ProTrans-2 had met the primary endpoints. On the occation of that, the principal investigator Professor Per-Ola Carlsson together with NextCell will hold a webcast presentation today, Thursday 10 Septembe...
Read moreRead more