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Pergamum initiates Phase II trial with DPK‐060 in outer ear infections

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – January 16, 2012. Pergamum AB today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a randomized Phase II study of DPK‐060 for the treatment of patients with external otitis (swimmers ear).

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Pergamum featured in a Swedish magazine on leading edge technology for combating antibiotics resistance (Swedish)

Små, positivt laddade molekyler som dödar bakterier så snabbt att de inte hinner utveckla resistens. Det lilla utvecklingsbolaget Pergamum vid Karolinska Development har patent på hur tre så kallade antimikrobiella peptider ska kunna användas för att bekämpa infektioner i sår eller på huden.

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Torbjörn Bjerke Appointed Chairman of Pergamum AB

Torbjörn Bjerke, Chief Executive Officer, Karolinska Development AB (publ), was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors following the Annual Shareholders' Meeting in Pergamum AB on June 22, 2011.

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Completion and Approval of the 2010 Annual Report of Pergamum AB

The annual report for 2010 was approved at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, which for the first time had been prepared in accordance with IFRS standards for the Pergamum group.

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Pergamum Relocated to New Head Offices

Stockholm, June 1, 2011. Pergamum AB has completed the relocation to its new head offices in the Stockholm area. The new premises are in walking distance from the campus of Karolinska Institutet.

“We are delighted to make this office relocation, which is part of the operational consolidation of our corporate group. Moreover, it has been exciting to see Pergamum grow and mature in the recent past. Working in an optimal facility infrastructure is a cornerstone for us as we move forward,” says Jonas Ekblom, CEO of Pergamum.

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Corrado Sablone Joins Pergamum AB as Chief Financial Officer

STOCKHOLM, May 30, 2011. Pergamum, a Swedish biotechnology company with focus on the development of new treatments for wounds and skin infections, today announced the hire of Corrado Sablone as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Sablone joins Pergamum from Coca Cola Enterprises Sverige AB, where he has been the Commercial Controlling Manager since 2006. Prior to Coca Cola, Corrado Sablone has served as business controller in several companies, including public international corporations such as Tetra Pak and Tradimus.

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Pergamum appoints Jan Nilsson as Chief Marketing Officer

STOCKHOLM - May 13, 2011. Pergamum has appointed Jan Nilsson as Chief Marketing Officer and as Managing Director of the LL-37 program – Pergamum's program for wound healing in chronic leg ulcers. Jan Nilsson has previously held a number of executive leadership positions within international life science companies. Also, he has worked as an executive consultant and advisor for a number of smaller biotechs.

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Pergamum implements offset share issue worth SEK 120m

STOCKHOLM – May 12, 2011. Pergamum AB, Karolinska Development's portfolio company within wound- and skin infections, has conducted an offset share issue, amounting to a total value of SEK 119.6m (EUR 13.3m). Of the total amount, SEK 77.6m (EUR 8.7m) comes from Karolinska Development, thereby increasing its ownership from 60 to 61 percent.

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Pergamum to extend Phase II clinical trial for prevention of post‐surgical adhesions

The Pergamum Operating Unit located in Gothenburg (PharmaSurgics in Sweden AB) – has received approval from the German Regulatory Authority and the Independent Ethics Committee to begin a Phase II clinical trial in Germany. The trial will monitor efficacy and safety of PharmaSurgics' novel candidate drug PXL01 for the prevention of post‐surgical adhesions in patients undergoing hand surgery.

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Pergamum’s Chairman receives Danish-Swedish cooperation prize

Pergamum's chairman, the entrepreneur and inventor Jørgen Thorball, who has initiated more than 20 companies in Denmark and Sweden, received the cooperation prize "Medicon Valley Cross-Border Award" on October 28, 2010

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Jonas Ekblom Appointed New Pergamum CEO

STOCKHOLM ‐ October 28, 2010. Jonas Ekblom has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer of Pergamum AB, the dermatology and wound healing company in the Karolinska Development portfolio, from November 1, 2010.

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Positive in vivo data on the wound healing properties of LL-37

Lipopeptide, a Pergamum operating unit, is developing the human peptide LL-37 for the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds. The in vivo efficacy of chemically synthesized peptide LL-37 in improving cutaneous wound healing has been demonstrated in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice, a widely used model for analyzing the characteristics of impaired healing. The severe wound-healing difficulties observed in ob/ob mice are partly explained by the mild diabetic phenotype of the animals.

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