Diamyd Medical acquires property with manufacturing facility in Umeå, Sweden
Diamyd Medical today announes the acquisition of the property in Umeå where prodution of the recombinant protein GAD65, the active component in the therapeutic diabetes vaccine Diamyd® is being established. The property is acquired for a purchase price of SEK 24.5 million and comprises approximately 20 000 square feet including the 10 000 square feet Diamyd Medical rents today, as well as 90 000 square feet of land area.
“The manufacturing facility is a crucial investment for the future and the acquisition gives us further opportunities to scale up and expand our manufacturing activities”, says Ulf Hannelius, CEO of Diamyd Medical.
“The acquistion of the property where we have our manufacturing facility is a strategically important step for full long-term control”, says Erik Nerpin, Charmain of the Board of Diamyd Medical.
The purchase of the property is made through the purchase of all shares in Mark & Schakt Fastigheter i Umeå AB. The seller is Mark & Schakt in Obbola AB. Date of access is October 31, 2021.
About Diamyd Medical
Diamyd Medical develops precision medicine therapies for type 1 diabetes. The diabetes vaccine Diamyd® is an antigen-specific immunotherapy for the preservation of endogenous insulin production. Significant results have been shown in a large genetically predefined patient group in a large-scale meta-analysis as well as in the Company’s European Phase IIb trial DIAGNODE-2, where the diabetes vaccine was administered directly into a lymph node in children and young adults with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Preparations for a confirmatory Phase III trial in the US and Europe are on-going, to start recruting patients later in 2021. A vaccine manufacturing facility is being set up in Umeå for the manufacture of recombinant GAD65, the active ingredient in the therapeutic diabetes vaccine Diamyd®. Diamyd Medical also develops the GABA-based investigational drug Remygen® as a therapy for regeneration of endogenous insulin production and to improve hormonal response to hypoglycaemia. An investigator-initiated Remygen® trial in patients living with type 1 diabetes for more than five years is ongoing at Uppsala University Hospital. Diamyd Medical is one of the major shareholders in the stem cell company NextCell Pharma AB.
Diamyd Medical’s B-share is traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticker DMYD B. FNCA Sweden AB is the Company’s Certified Adviser; phone: +46 8-528 00 399, e-mail: info@fnca.se
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Hannelius, President and CEO
Phone: +46 736 35 42 41
E-mail: ulf.hannelius@diamyd.com
Diamyd Medical AB (publ)
Kungsgatan 29, SE-111 56 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +46 8 661 00 26, Fax: +46 8 661 63 68
E-mail: info@diamyd.com Reg. no.: 556242-3797 Website: https://www.diamyd.com
This information is information that Diamyd Medical AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was provided by the contact person above, for publication on September 15, 2021, 14.10 CET.