Lipigons VD Dr. Stefan K Nilsson väljs in i The European Lipoprotein Club (ELC), det äldsta och mest aktiva europeiska nätverket inom lipidfältet. ELC etablerades 1977 för att främja samarbete och utbyte av idéer inom grundforskning och klinisk forskning på lipoproteiner (blodfettskomplex).

Lipigon Pharmaceuticals ("Lipigon") tillkännagav idag att bolaget har tecknat avtal avseende validering av målprotein för läkemedelsutveckling med Secarna Pharmaceuticals ("Secarna") som är specialiserat på RNA-behandlingar genom s.k. antisens-teknologi. Målet är att tillsammans utveckla ett läkemedel som är best-in-class för behandling av allvarliga former av dyslipidemi (allmänna blodfettsrubbningar) och närliggande sjukdomar.

Lipigon Pharmaceuticals ("Lipigon") announced today that it has entered into a Target Validation Research Agreement with Munich-based antisense therapeutics company Secarna Pharmaceuticals ("Secarna"). The goal is to co-develop a best-in-class drug for treatment of severe forms of dyslipidemia and related lipid disorder driven diseases.

Starting December 2016 Lipigon joins the AZ BioVentureHub located at AstraZeneca's site in Mölndal, Sweden. The contract stretches over 1 year giving Lipigon an office and full access to the whole facility, including infrastructure and capabilities.

Lipigon is happy to announce 3 new major partners investing in the company. Umeå based Fort Knox Förvaltning AB (Owner of Balticgruppen) and Partnerinvest Övre Norrland AB together with Antaros Medical AB in Gothenburg have entered as new shareholders. The investments allow for Lipigon to expand within present programs and to evaluate novel targets.

Lipigon Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with AstraZeneca to conduct joint research to identify drug candidates that promote the stabilization of Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) and may have utility in the treatment of lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease.

UMEÅ, November 18th. Lipigon Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca enter research collaboration to develop a high throughput assay for the identification of molecules that modulate lipoprotein lipase activity