Xintela announces today that the company has received permission from the Medical Products Agency to produce cell therapy products, so-called advanced therapy drugs (ATMPs), in its own GMP facility.
– It is a key achievement from the team that the manufacturing permit is now in place. This means we can now start to manufacture our stem cell product, XSTEM®, for clinical studies. We will initiate clinical studies on knee osteoarthritis patients during the year and plan for other indications going forward. To have full control and flexibility in the manufacturing of our own cell therapy products also brings financial and business advantages, says Xintela's CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund.
Liselotte Theorell, Quality Management Director at Xintela, who played a key role in building the GMP facility and its associated production processes and quality system, says:
– This has been a major project and substantial investment for Xintela and I am really proud of what we have achieved through the fantastic effort of our team. That a company as small as Xintela chooses to produce its own cell therapy products is very unusual, but is clearly a winning strategy. Most cell therapy peer companies rely on contracting-out production of their products and have far less control over cost and scheduling. There is a recognized worldwide shortage of contract manufacturing for cell therapies, which is creating development bottlenecks for many companies. With our own production facility, Xintela has none of these worries. We are now really looking forward to starting XSTEM production for the coming clinical trials.
Xintela AB (publ)
Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund, CEO
Tel: +46 46 275 65 00
Email: evy@xintela.se
Medicon Village
223 81 Lund, Sweden
www.xintela.se
About Xintela
Xintela develops innovative and patent protected cell therapies and targeted cancer therapies based on the marker technology platform XINMARK. The platform is built on specific cell surface proteins (integrins) and more than 25 years of research and development. Xintela uses the marker technology to select and quality assure stem cells (XSTEM) to develop stem cell therapies for diseases that today lack efficient treatment options, including the joint disease osteoarthritis (OA). Xintela has built an in-house GMP-facility for manufacturing of stem cell products and is preparing a First in Human clinical study on patients with knee OA. In the oncology program, Xintela develops antibody-based therapies for treatment of aggressive tumors including glioblastoma and triple-negative breast cancer. Xintela is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm since 22 March 2016. Xintela's Certified Adviser at Nasdaq First North Growth Market is Erik Penser Bank AB, +46 8-463 80 00, certifiedadviser@penser.se.
Below you will find the collected information on Xintela’s press releases, newsletters, diary events, films, media coverage and analyses.
Chairman Gregory Batcheller visited BioStock’s studio to tell us more about the company’s journey and business development.
CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund presents the company at BioStock Investor Meeting on March 16, 2023.
CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund presents the company at BioStock Life Science Fall Summit 2022 on November 30.
CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund presents the company at Aktiespararnas Småbolagsdagarna 2022 (in Swedish).
Targinta's CEO Per Norlén presents the company at Aktiespararnas Småbolagsdagarna 2022 (in Swedish).
CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund presents the company at BioStock Life Science Spring Summit 2022.
Watch the video interview with CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund (in Swedish).
BioStock interview with Xintela's CMO and board member Sven Kili.
BioStock was given the opportunity to interview Sven Kili in connection with his visit to Sweden for board and strategy work in Xintela.
Dr. Marcus Keep comments on Xintelas glioblastoma project.
Xintelas Chairman of the board and strategic advisor Greg Batcheller, tells us more about Xintelas potential and prospects.
Dr. Lisa Fortier at Cornell University, New York is interviewed by BioStock about Xintelas positive results in horse study.
In the following video interview, Karin explains her role at Xintela and what she considers to be Xintela’s primary strengths.
See the interview with Claes Post, member of the board in Xintela. The interview is in swedish with english subtitles.
See the interview with Sven Kili, member of the board in Xintela. The interview is in English (introduction is in Swedish).
See an interview with Xintela's CEO Evy Lundgren-Åkerlund, after the listing ceremony at Nasdaq First North.