Nasdaq Stockholm Welcomes SenzaGen to First North


Stockholm, September 21, 2017 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in SenzaGen AB’s shares (short name: SENZA) commenced today on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. SenzaGen belongs to the health care sector and is the 76th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2017.

Established as a spin out from Lund University, SenzaGen is a Swedish company with expertise in immunology, technology and genomics. The company offers animal-free testing of chemical compounds by using a so called genomics-based methodology for immunotoxicological assays. Its proprietary lead product family, GARD, potentially replaces the need for animal testing in the cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. SenzaGen is headquartered in Lund, Sweden and has an additional office in the US. For more information, please visit www.senzagen.com.

“We are excited to join Nasdaq First North and are proud of the support from investors whom have trusted us and joined our journey as a listed company,” said Anki Malmborg Hager, CEO of SenzaGen. “The listing and capital injection will allow us to continue the development and to forcefully execute our goals to deliver animal-free testing.”

“We welcome SenzaGen to our European growth market, Nasdaq First North,” said Adam Kostyál, SVP and Head of European listings at Nasdaq. “SenzaGen operates in an exciting field and we look forward to supporting them for many years to come.”

SenzaGen AB has appointed FNCA Sweden AB as the Certified Adviser.

*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm.

 

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