Anna Ljung

Part of Saniona AB, Saniona A/S is a Danish company dedicated to improving the lives of rare disease patients worldwide through scientific innovation. The company focuses on Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by insatiable appetite, abnormal growth and body composition, low muscle tone, and social/emotional/cognitive deficits. Saniona is a leader in the discovery of highly specific ion channel modulators, which is a validated approach to treating diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and epilepsy. The company's robust ion channel drug discovery engine has led to the development of San711, a first-in-class positive allosteric modulator of GABAA ?3 receptors, and San903, a potential first-in-class inhibitor of the calcium-activated potassium ion channel, KCA3.1, both of which are in development for rare neuropathic, inflammatory, and fibrotic disorders.

Athera Biotechnologies AB operates as a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on developing targeted anti-inflammatory biological candidate drugs and companion diagnostics. It has a proprietary program the fully human antibody PC-mAb. The frim develops a biomarker and companion diagnostic CVDefine® kit. Its PC-mAb is a fully human monoclonal antibody which neutralizes a key driver of vascular inflammation, phosphorylcholine, which targets market of reducing secondary cardiovascular events, focusing on high-risk patients with low anti-PC levels. The company was founded by Johan Frostegard in 2002 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.