NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (NXTCL or NextCell) publishes its Interim Report 2 for the period September 1, 2023 – Februari 29, 2024. 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.
● At the end of January, NextCell published an update on the ongoing clinical trials. The largest ongoing study – ProTrans Young, which includes 66 patients – is progressing well.
● At the end of February, NextCell Pharma announced that it had decided on a new strategic direction. The strategic changes means that Cellaviva will become a wholly owned subsidiary and also cost savings as a result of staff reductions.
● NextCell announced in early March that it was establishing the subsidiary QVance to meet a Nordic demand for quality analyses. The launch is a strategic addition to NextCell to increase the company's sales and presence in the market for advanced therapy drugs.
● At the end of March, the company announced that the Swedish Medical Products Agency had approved the 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. The approval for the subgroup analysis by the Swedish Medical Products Agency means that the primary efficacy endpoint readout is available after 12 months. Results from the subgroup analysis are planned to be presented in the second quarter of 2025.
● In mid-April, Nextcell Pharma announced that its longtime Chairman of the Board, Anders Essen-Möller, after ten years of dedicated leadership, will step down from his role on May 20, 2024 due to health reasons.
● NextCell announced in mid-April that the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) has granted their tissue facility Cellaviva permission to handle the amniotic tissue.
● On April 24th the company announced that the Board of Directors resolves on a rights issue of units of approximately SEK 40.1 million, subject to approval by an Extraordinary General Meeting.
● On April 24th NextCell gave notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held May 27th.
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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.