Niklas Hedberg – Chair of the Executive Board, EUnetHTA
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Address: Luntmakargatan 46, SE-111 37 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 615 20 40
E-mail: info@oncopeptides.com
Website: https://www.oncopeptides.se/en/
Oncopeptides is a pharmaceutical company developing drugs for the treatment of cancer. The company was established in 2000 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Oncopeptides’ founders are among Sweden’s leading oncology, clinical and medical researchers, many with international reputations in their fields: Hans Ehrsson, Joachim Gullbo, Rolf Larsson, Rolf Lewensohn, Kristina Luthman and Peter Nygren. The company is currently headed by CEO Jakob Lindberg, appointed in 2011.
Oncopeptides has developed melflufen (Ygalo®), the first peptidase potentiated cytotoxic therapy intended for use in the treatment of multiple myeloma. The first clinical indication is late-stage relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.
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