STOCKHOLM — On May 2, 2022, CombiGene (“CombiGene”, “The Company”) announced that Alvar Grönberg will join the Company on May 2, 2022, when he takes up the position of Senior Project Manager.
Alvar Grönberg is a Doctor of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and has extensive experience in several disease areas including metabolic diseases and rare diseases. Alvar’s experience ranges from early preclinical development to clinical trials from his work in academia and industry. He has worked at the National Cancer Institute, USA, Karolinska Institutet, Pharmacia/Biovitrum and in recent years has been active in biotech companies such as Lipopeptide AB/Pergamum AB and NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB/Abliva AB.
“I am thrilled to join CombiGene at this very exciting stage in the company’s development”, said Alvar Grönberg. “Gene therapy holds a fantastic potential, and I am really looking forward to be part of this rapidly evolving field within the pharmaceutical industry.”
“One of CombiGene’s ambitions for 2022 is to expand our project portfolio with new and promising gene therapy candidates. Alvar Grönberg will be instrumental for the future development as CombiGene takes the next steps in the company’s development,” said Jan Nilsson, CombiGene CEO.
Contacts
Jan Nilsson, CEO
Phone: +46 (0)704 66 31 63
jan.nilsson@combigene.com
Bert Junno, Chairman of the board
Phone: +46 (0)707 77 22 09
bert.junno@combigene.com
www.combigene.com
CombiGene AB (publ) Agavägen 52A, SE-181 55 Lidingö, Sweden
info@combigene.com
About CombiGene
CombiGene’s vision is to provide patients affected by severe life-altering diseases with the prospect of a better life through novel gene therapies. CombiGene’s business concept is to develop effective gene therapies for severe life-altering diseases where adequate treatment is currently lacking. Development assets are sourced from an external research network and developed to achieve clinical proof of concept. Drug candidates for common diseases will be co-developed and commercialized through strategic partnerships, while the company may manage this process on its own for drugs targeting niched patient populations.
The Company has an exclusive collaboration and licensing agreement for the CG01 project with Spark Therapeutics.
The company is public and listed on the Swedish marketplace Nasdaq First North Growth Market and the company’s Certified Advisor is FNCA Sweden AB, +46 (0)8 52 80 03 99, info@fnca.se.
CombiGene’s lead project CG01 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 823282.
CombiGene´s project CGT2 is supported by the Eurostars Programme. Project ID: 114714