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After Lixi: What Zealand Is Doing Next

 
• By Sten Stovall

Zealand CEO Britt Meelby Jensen says the Danish developer of novel peptides for treating gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases is successfully raising its global profile via a growing proprietary pipeline.

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Zealand's CEO Seeks To Focus Attention On Its Proprietary Pipeline • Source: Shutterstock

Denmark-basedZealand Pharma AS says its profile among international investors has benefited hugely since its shares were listed on the US Nasdaq last August, giving it exposure to highlight a promising late-stage proprietary pipeline and ongoing collaborations with Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim GMBH.

Hitherto largely known for developing the Sanofi-partnered GLP-1 receptor agonist Lyxumia (lixisenatide), the Danish biotech has under its CEO Britt...

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