Nasdaq Stockholm Welcomes Lipum to the Nasdaq First North Growth Market
Stockholm, April 22, 2021 – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that trading in Lipum AB’s shares (short name LIPUM) commences today on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. The company belongs to the Health care sector. Lipum is the 39th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2021.
Lipum is a biopharmaceutical company specialized on a novel way to treat chronic inflammatory diseases. The lead candidate drug (SOL-116) is a fully humanized antibody designed to give safer and more efficacious therapy by blocking a previously overlooked target molecule of the immune system. Supported by solid pre-clinical data for the rare disease juvenile idiopathic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis Lipum is exploring a range of other diseases with a high unmet medical need. They intend to show clinical proof of concept for SOL-116. Based in Umeå, Lipum’s unique approach has attracted international attention, including a major European Commission Horizon 2020 grant.
“We are excited to now be a listed company,” said Einar Pontén, CEO of Lipum. “With very promising data for our drug candidate, the goal is to meet a significant medical need and create value for our shareholders.”
“We are excited to see Lipum becoming a listed company,” said Adam Kostyál, Head of European Listings at Nasdaq. “They will make an important contribution to our health care segment as well as for their shareholders. We look forward to follow their journey.”
Lipum has appointed G&W Fondkommission AB as Certified Adviser.
*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm
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