KBC Securities Initiates Research Coverage of ONWARD® Medical with a Buy Rating and Target Price of EUR 10.00 Per Share

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, Feb. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), today announced that KBC Securities, part of the KBC Group -- a leading Belgian integrated bank-insurance group -- has initiated research coverage of ONWARD Medical with a Buy rating and Target Price of EUR 10.00 per share. This is a premium of 161% to the closing price of EUR 3.83 on February 8, 2024. 

The initiation report was published February 8, 2024. KBC joins three other banks whose research analysts cover ONWARD Medical, all of which maintain Buy ratings and Target Prices at substantial premiums to the current share price. 

“KBC Securities’ initiation of coverage reflects strong confidence in our ability to achieve this year’s milestones, which include the planned commercialization of our ARC-EX^® platform later this year,” said Dave Marver, CEO of ONWARD Medical. “The KBC research team recognizes the potential value we can create for investors in coming quarters.” 

To learn more about ONWARD Medical’s commitment to partnering with the SCI Community to develop innovative solutions for restoring movement, function, and independence after spinal cord injury, please visit ONWD.com. 

All ONWARD devices and therapies, including but not limited to ARC-IM^®, ARC-EX^®, and ARC Therapy™, alone or in combination with a brain-computer interface (BCI), are investigational and not available for commercial use. 

About KBC Securities 

KBC Securities is the corporate bank within the KBC Group. They offer corporate clients a total solution; from strategic advice and guidance on mergers and acquisitions or financing solutions via the equity markets (IPOs, capital increases, share buybacks) to structured debt financing or setting up and managing specialized investment funds. They maintain the largest research group in Belgium, including a dedicated life sciences team. KBC Securities is active in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. Through partnership within the Oaklins network, their contacts also extend further afield.  

For Securities Enquiries: 

Wim Lewi, Head of Research 

About ONWARD Medical  

ONWARD Medical is a medical technology company creating therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and movement disabilities. Building on more than a decade of science and preclinical research conducted at leading neuroscience laboratories, the Company has received nine Breakthrough Device Designations from the US Food and Drug Administration for its ARC Therapy™ platform.   

ONWARD^® ARC Therapy, which can be delivered by external ARC-EX or implantable ARC-IM systems, is designed to deliver targeted, programmed spinal cord stimulation. Positive results were presented in 2023 from the Company’s pivotal study, called Up-LIFT, evaluating the ability for transcutaneous ARC Therapy to improve upper extremity strength and function. The Company is now preparing regulatory approval submissions for ARC-EX for the US and Europe. In parallel, the Company is conducting studies with its implantable ARC-IM platform, which demonstrated positive interim clinical outcomes for improved blood pressure regulation, a component of hemodynamic instability, following SCI. Other ongoing studies include combination use of ARC-IM with a brain-computer interface (BCI) to address multiple symptoms of SCI.   

Headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, ONWARD Medical has a Science and Engineering Center in Lausanne, Switzerland and a US office in Boston, Massachusetts. The Company also has an academic partnership with .NeuroRestore, a collaboration between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV).  

ONWARD Medical is listed on Euronext Brussels and Amsterdam (ticker: ONWD). 

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For Media Enquiries:   

Aditi Roy, VP Communications  

For Investor Enquiries:  

Khaled Bahi, Interim CFO   

Disclaimer  

Certain statements, beliefs, and opinions in this press release are forward-looking, which reflect the Company’s or, as appropriate, the Company directors’ current expectations and projections about future events. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve several risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, and assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described herein. A multitude of factors including, but not limited to, changes in demand, competition, and technology, can cause actual events, performance, or results to differ significantly from any anticipated development. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. As a result, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release any update or revisions to any forward-looking statements in this press release as a result of any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions, assumptions, or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based. Neither the Company nor its advisers or representatives nor any of its subsidiary undertakings or any such person’s officers or employees guarantees that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors nor does either accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All ONWARD Medical devices and therapies referenced here, including but not limited to ARC-IM, ARC-EX, and ARC Therapy, are investigational and not available for commercial use.