STOCKHOLM, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) EGM was convened today on 11 December 2024. In accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposals, David Meek was elected as new member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2025.

Minutes with complete resolutions from the EGM will be available on the company's website www.sobi.com no later than 25 December 2024.

Sobi

Sobi® is a specialised international biopharmaceutical company transforming the lives of people with rare and debilitating diseases. Providing reliable access to innovative medicines in the areas of haematology, immunology and specialty care, Sobi has approximately 1,800 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. In 2023, revenue amounted to SEK 22.1 billion. Sobi's share (STO:SOBI) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More about Sobi at sobi.com and LinkedIn.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) EGM was convened today on 11 December 2024. In accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposals, David Meek was elected as new member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2025.

Minutes with complete resolutions from the EGM will be available on the company's website www.sobi.com no later than 25 December 2024.

Sobi

Sobi® is a specialised international biopharmaceutical company transforming the lives of people with rare and debilitating diseases. Providing reliable access to innovative medicines in the areas of haematology, immunology and specialty care, Sobi has approximately 1,800 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. In 2023, revenue amounted to SEK 22.1 billion. Sobi's share (STO:SOBI) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More about Sobi at sobi.com and LinkedIn.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The shareholders in Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) Reg. No. 556038-9321, are hereby summoned to the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Meeting"), to be held on Wednesday, 11 December 2024 at 09.00 at the offices of Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, Norrlandsgatan 21, Stockholm, Sweden. Registration for the Meeting will begin at 08.30.

The Board of Directors has decided that shareholders shall be able to exercise their voting rights at the Meeting also by postal voting.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The shareholders in Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) Reg. No. 556038-9321, are hereby summoned to the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Meeting"), to be held on Wednesday, 11 December 2024 at 09.00 at the offices of Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, Norrlandsgatan 21, Stockholm, Sweden. Registration for the Meeting will begin at 08.30.

The Board of Directors has decided that shareholders shall be able to exercise their voting rights at the Meeting also by postal voting.

The Nomination Committee of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) proposes that David Meek is elected as new Chair of the Board of Directors of Sobi. Sobi intends to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held in December 2024.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- David Meek currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Cullinan Therapeutics, uniQure (Chair) and the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He also has previous experience from board work in listed pharmaceutical companies and US and European trade associations. David Meek has extensive experience from senior positions in the international pharmaceutical industry. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Mirati Therapeutics Inc and prior to that as Chief Executive Officer of FerGene Inc and Ipsen SA. He has also held senior executive positions at Baxalta Inc, Endocyte Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson.

The Nomination Committee of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi®) proposes that David Meek is elected as new Chair of the Board of Directors of Sobi. Sobi intends to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held in December 2024.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- David Meek currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Cullinan Therapeutics, uniQure (Chair) and the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He also has previous experience from board work in listed pharmaceutical companies and US and European trade associations. David Meek has extensive experience from senior positions in the international pharmaceutical industry. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Mirati Therapeutics Inc and prior to that as Chief Executive Officer of FerGene Inc and Ipsen SA. He has also held senior executive positions at Baxalta Inc, Endocyte Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson.

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sobi® (STO: SOBI) today announced that new research showing the effect of emapalumab in patients with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in Still's disease, including systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset still's disease (AOSD) who had an inadequate response to high-dose glucocorticoids (GCs) will be presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence in Washington D.C. The data were pooled from two open-label, single-arm interventional studies, the phase 3 NI-0501-14 study [EMERALD; NCT05001737] and NI-0501-06 [NCT03311854], including 39 patients with MAS.   

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sobi® (STO: SOBI) today announced that new research showing the effect of emapalumab in patients with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in Still's disease, including systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset still's disease (AOSD) who had an inadequate response to high-dose glucocorticoids (GCs) will be presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence in Washington D.C. The data were pooled from two open-label, single-arm interventional studies, the phase 3 NI-0501-14 study [EMERALD; NCT05001737] and NI-0501-06 [NCT03311854], including 39 patients with MAS.   

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sobi® (STO: SOBI) and Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that detailed data from the phase 3 VALIANT study were presented as an oral presentation during the High-Impact Clinical Trials session at the 2024 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week. The results highlighted the potential of systemic pegcetacoplan treatment in patients with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) and primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN), which are rare, debilitating kidney diseases.

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --

VALIANT Phase 3 results after presentation at ASN

Investors, analysts, and members of the media are invited to a conference call on Tuesday, October 29th, at 12:00 CET, 11:00 GMT, and 07:00 EDT. The call will include a presentation of results and insights from management and Professor Fadi Fakhouri following the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and a Q&A session.

The presentation can be followed live here or afterwards on sobi.com. The slides will be made available on sobi.com before the conference call.