Anders Essen-Möller resigns as Chairman of the Board of Directors due to health reasons

April 19, 2024

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.

"Anders is a mentor and role model. His resignation will not mean a disconitation of our close relationship we have built up over the years. I look forward to continuing to seek his advice even after he has left his official role in the Company," says CEO Mathias Svahn.

Prior to Anders' departure, the board has actively started working on identifying a suitable replacement and has assigned the nomination committee, together with NextCell's management team, the task of presenting candidates for the position of chairman before the annual general meeting on November 28, 2024. During this transition period, Hans-Peter Ekre, one of NextCell's board members, will and co-founder, to act as acting chairman of the board until the board is full and a new regular chairman can be appointed.

"NextCell looks forward to an exciting future with continued growth, while we thank Anders for his contribution and wish him the best”, says Hans-Peter Ekre. “During the spring and summer, we will intensify contacts with attractive partners for T1D and also with distributors for the resale of stem and immunomodulating cells."

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
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Tel: +46 8 735 20 10
E-mail: info@cellaviva.se
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About NextCell Pharma AB

NextCell is a cell therapy company that is in phase 2 studies with the drug candidate ProTrans for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The focus is to obtain market approval of ProTrans via a phase 3 study. ProTrans is manufactured utilizing the patented platform technology for selection of optimal cells with potency to treat inflammatory disorders including autoimmune diseases. NextCell owns Cellaviva, the largest stem cell bank in the Nordics and QVance, a quality analysis CRO company in start up.

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