Scandion Oncology announces that one of its founders, Saniona, has reduced its shareholding to below 15% of the total share amount
Scandion Oncology A/S (“Scandion Oncology”) announces that Saniona has reduced its ownership stake in Scandion Oncology A/S to below 15%. Saniona, together with CEO Nils Brünner and CSO Jan Stenvang initially founded Scandion Oncology A/S in 2017. After the last capital raise in June 2019, Saniona owned approximately 18% of Scandion Oncology. Proceeds from sales of shares will be used to continue Saniona’s advancement of their pipeline, including mid/late-stage clinical trials with Tesomet.
Nils Brünner, CEO of Scandion Oncology says: “We are very grateful for the constructive and valuable support we have received from Saniona in the start-up phase of Scandion Oncology. I wish them all the best luck with developing their pipeline, including drugs that combat obesity, an increasing threat to many people’s health. We are looking forward to a continued collaboration with Saniona”.
For further information regarding Scandion Oncology, please contact:
Nils Brünner, CEO
Phone: +45 26 14 47 08
E-mail: nb@scandiononcology.com
This information is information that Scandion Oncology is obliged to publish in accordance to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was provided by the contact person above for publication on June 22, 2020.
Scandion Oncology A/S is a biotechnology company that addresses and targets one of the greatest challenges in modern oncology – the effective treatment of cancer which contains chemotherapy-resistant cells or which has developed resistance to a previously prescribed cancer-fighting drug. In preclinical in vitro studies, SCO-101 restores chemotherapy sensitivity in resistant cancer cells. Moreover, in animal studies, the company’s leading candidate drug, SCO-101, significantly enhances the efficacy of certain standard cancer treatments when given in combination. Scandion Oncology is now in clinical phase II trials with its lead compound, SCO-101, in patients with chemotherapy-resistant colorectal cancer. Scandion Oncology was listed on Spotlight Stock Market, Sweden in November 2018. For further information, please see: www.scandiononcology.com.