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Maria Vara ...
  • Oscar Haffen Lamm

Coverage update

Given team and strategy changes, Oscar Haffen Lamm is now assuming coverage of Medincell, Camurus, Valneva, Aelis Pharma, Abivax, Calliditas, Egetis Therapeutics, Basilea, Geneuro, Achilles, Valerio, Innate Pharma, Morphosys, Inventiva Pharma, Vicore, DBV Technologies, and Genfit.Maria Vara is now
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Achilles Corp.

Achilles is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of shoes, plastic products and industrial materials. Along with its subsidiaries and associated companies, Co.'s principal business segments are shoes, plastic products, and industrial material. Co.'s principal products are shoes such as "ACHILLES SORBO," "SYUNSOKU LemonPie, " "SYUNSOKU DANCE," "SYUNSOKU BABY," and "SPALDING"; synthetic leather "Super Carbon" for car seats, paste leather "Partner" for car seats, and paste leather for car door molds; and ranging from interior materials that enhance the look of the home to insulating materials and rigid fluorocarbon-free urethane foam insulating materials.

AELIS FARMA SA

Atresmedia Corporacion de Medios de Comunicacion SA

Atresmedia Corporacion De Medios De Comunicacion is a television and radio broadcasting company based in Spain. Co. is engaged in the indirect management of television and radio services, which include the broadcasting, creation, production and distribution of television and radio programming, and the sale of advertising time. Group companies mainly carry on business activities relating to the production, copying and broadcasting of sounds and images, and TV and Internet home shopping. Co. provides National and World Digital Television Services. Co. is the parent company of Grupo Antena 3.

Basilea Pharmaceutica AG

Basilea Pharmaceutica is an integrated biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of bacterial infections, fungal infections, oncology and skin diseases. Co. focuses on antibiotics and antifungals as well as oncology and dermatology drugs. Co.'s portfolio spans from innovative early-stage through clinical late-stage drug candidates to a marketed product. In the context of its international commercialization organization, Co. has subsidiaries in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Bonesupport Holding AB

Bonesupport Holding AB is a Sweden-based orthobiologics company. It develops and commercialize injectable bioceramic bone graft substitutes which remodel to host bone and have the capability to elute drugs directly into the bone void. The marketed synthetic bone graft substitutes are CERAMENT BVF, CERAMENT G and CERAMENT V, which are based on the CERAMENT technology platform. The products are commercially available in Europe and the United States, as well as in India, Malaysia, Oman and Singapore. The products are developed to treat patients with fractures and bone voids caused by trauma and related surgery, as well as caused by infection or diseases, such as chronic osteomyelitis, revision arthroplasty and infected diabetic foot.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB

Calliditas Therapeutics AB, formerly Pharmalink AB, is a Sweden-based specialty pharmaceutical company. It is focused on the development and commercialization of its product candidate Nefecon, a treatment for patients with inflammatory kidney disease (IgA nephropathy) who are at risk of progressing to renal failure. Nefecon is derived from the TARGIT technology, in which the capsule containing the active drug substance is coated in a way that the capsule remains intact as it passes through the stomach and intestine until it reaches the lower small intestine, where the release of content takes place. Nefeco combines time lag effect with a concentrated release of the active substance budesonide, within a designated target area.

Camurus AB

Camurus AB is a Sweden-based research and development based pharmaceutical company with a focus on the development and commercialization of specialty medicines, providing patients suffering from serious and chronic disease, such as opioid dependence, pain, cancer, acromegaly, and neuroendocrine tumors. The Company has a diversified research portfolio, which includes five products in clinical trials, and a number of additional product candidates in the pre-clinical phase. The Company's product pipeline represents a mix of in-house and partnered projects in different development phases. Camurus AB is the parent company of the Group, which comprises four legal entities, namely Camurus Inc, Cubosome Inc, Camurus Development AB and Bioimplant Scandinavia AB.

Cellink AB

Cellink AB. Cellink AB is a Sweden-based company, which is primarily involved in the healthcare industry. The Company operates as a provider of advanced bioprinting solutions for healthcare sector. The Company offers 3D bioprinting of human tissues and organs. The Company's technology facilitates the biofabrication of cell-laden anatomical structures with controlled cell density and homogenous distribution of viable cells. The cell-laden bioink structures are then cultured in vitro, under controlled conditions for a wide range of experiments. In addition, bioprinting with human cells can be combined with computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) using medical images from CT or MRI scans to create a blueprint (3D model) for bioprinting of patient-specific tissues and organs.

DBV Technologies SA

DBV Technologies is a clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on immunotherapy. Co.'s therapeutic approach is based on epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT), its proprietary method of delivering biologically active compounds to immune systems through intact skin using a platform called Viaskin. Viaskin is an electrostatic patch that offers a self-administered, non-invasive immunotherapy to patients. Once applied on intact skin, Viaskin forms a condensation chamber that hydrates the skin and solubilizes the antigen, allowing it to penetrate the epidermis, where it's captured by Langerhans cells. Co.'s patients include infants and children suffering from severe food allergies.

Egetis Therapeutics AB

PledPharma AB is a Sweden-based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of treatments that increase the effectiveness of therapies for severe life threatening diseases. The Company's main focus is on the use of PLED-derivatives in supportive care based on an initial candidate, PP-095 for oncology and PP-099 for cardiology. PP-095 protects normal cells during cancer therapy with cytostatic/cytotoxic drugs, without diminishing the anticancer efficacy, while PP-099 has the potential to reduce the infarct size in connection with reperfusion of an acute myocardial infarct with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PLED-derivatives also have potential indications for other oxidative stress related conditions, such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) - induced liver toxicity, iron and copper overload. As of May 2013, the Company was no longer majority owned by Accelerator Nordic AB (publ).

GeNeuro SA

GeNeuro SA. Geneuro SA is a Switzerland-based clinical stage pharmaceutical company that develops treatments for autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and other diseases associated with human endogenous retroviruses (HERV). The Company's main product, GNbAC1, is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is in clinical development phase IIb. GNbAC1 neutralizes the MSRV-Env protein rather than targeting the patient's immune system, and slows down or even halts the progression of multiple sclerosis. The Company's main shareholders are Eclosion2, a launching platform for new companies in the life sciences field, bioMerieux SA, which specializes in vitro diagnostics for medical and industrial applications, Institut Merieux, a private equity company, and Servier, an independent French pharmaceutical company.

Innate Pharma SA Class A

Innate Pharma S.A. is a biopharmaceutical Company developing immunotherapy drugs for cancer and inflammatory diseases. Co. specializes in the development of new monoclonal antibodies targeting receptors and pathways controlling the activation of innate immunity cells. Also, Co. has three product-candidates resulting from its research platform are being tested in clinical trials; two of these by Co.'s partners, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novo Nordisk A/S. Co. focuses on immunopharmacology and antibody technology. Co. has a panel of molecular and cellular assays and in vivo models for assessing the pharmacodynamics, the pharmacotoxicology and efficacy of drug candidates.

Inventiva ADS

Medartis AG

Medartis Holding AG is a Switzerland-based holding company of the Medartis Group, which is engaged in manufacturing medical devices and implants. The Group develops, manufactures and distributes to surgeons, hospitals and medical centers titanium screws, plates, surgical instruments and system solutions for internal fracture fixation. Medartis AG, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, has developed such technologies as TriLock for locking the screw into the plate, SpeedTip, a screw that does not require pre-drilling, and HexaDrive self-holding screw and screw-driver. It has two product lines. The APTUS product line comprises upper and lower extremities products for hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder and foot fixation. The MODUS line combines products dedicated to cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) surgery. The Group's products are sold globally in more than 30 countries, including Germany and the United States, either directly through its sales subsidiaries, or through third-party distributors.

Median Technologies

Median Technologies is engaged in medical imaging. Co. develops software applications for the interpretation and management of medical images, whose purpose is to automatically detect and quantitatively measure abnormalities that may be signs of diseases. In addition to being involved in patient care applications, Co.'s software is used today used by biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies during their oncology clinical trials. Co.'s activities are structured around three strategic areas: Imaging for patients with cancer; Imaging for oncology clinical trials and Imaging Phenomics.

MedinCell SA

Medincell SA. Medincell SA is a France-based manufacturer of biological products and pharmaceutical preparations. The Company is focused on the development of therapeutic solutions with worldwide access. The Company works on both for-profit and non-profit projects, in collaboration with partners ranging from pharmaceutical corporations to physicians, from biotechnology firms to academics and foundations. Its range of products consists of three products in development phase: mdc-IRM, a subcutaneous injection in phase III clinical study for the treatment of schizophrenia; mdc-CWM, an intra-articular injection in phase II clinical study for the treatment of post-surgical pain and inflammation; mdc-TJK, a subcutaneous injection for the treatment of schizophrenia, as well as a number of other products that are in the research phase, such as mdc-WWM, which is a subcutaneous injection for contraception, and mdc-ELK, a subcutaneous injection for the treatment of depression, among others.

MorphoSys AG

MorphoSys is engaged in development and commercialization of antibodies for therapeutic applications. Co. operates in two segments: Partnered Discovery, which operates therapeutic development programs for drug candidates in cooperation with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies; and Proprietary Development, which is engaged in the development of therapeutic antibodies in the area of inflammatory disease and oncology on a proprietary basis. As of Dec 31 2013, Co.'s proprietary antibody compounds in clinical trials included MOR103 in the areas of rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis; MOR202 in the field of multiple myeloma; and MOR208 in the field of malignant B-cell diseases.

ONWARD OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED

Valneva SE

Valneva, together with its subsidiaries, is focused on vaccine development and antibody discovery. Co. generates revenue from both its marketed product, a vaccine for the prevention of Japanese encephalitis (IXIARO®/JESPECT®), commercial partnerships around a portfolio of product candidates and licensed technology platforms (EB66® cell line, VIVA,Screen antibody discovery technology, and the IC31® adjuvant) developed by Co. Related business activities include product research and development, regulatory and clinical activities, manufacturing of commercial product and advanced clinical product candidates, as well as administrative, corporate development, and marketing and sales activities.

Vicore Pharma Holding AB

Vicore Pharma Holding AB is a Sweden-based drug-development company. The Company's portfolio contains small molecules with potential indications, including anti-inflammation, nerve generation and cardiovascular disease. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mintage Scientific AB.

Xvivo Perfusion AB

Xvivo Perfusion AB is a Sweden-based medical technology company focused on developing optimized solutions for organ, tissue and cell preservation in connection with transplantation. The Company operates in two segments: Durable goods and Non-Durable goods. The Durable goods segment comprises sale and rental income from XVIVO Perfusion System (XPS) machines. The Non-Durable goods segment implies revenue from the sale of products and services that are solutions and disposable items. The Company's product portfolio consists of Perfadex, STEEN Solution, XPS, XPS Disposable Kit, XVIVO Lung Cannula Set, XVIVO Organ Chamber, XPS PGM Disposable Sensors and Silicone Tubing Set. The Company markets its products in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and North & South America.

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