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Santhera's Transformation Should Turn Investors' Heads

DMD Drug To Be Filed With FDA Imminently

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The Swiss biotech had a tough time after the failure of idebenone for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but CEO Dario Eklund tells Scrip that with a new soon-to-be submitted compound, vamorolone, it has an effective and much safer alternative to steroids for the treatment of the progressive muscle degeneration genetic disorder.

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Dario Eklund • Source: Santhera

The scale and speed of the successful turnaround at Santhera Pharmaceuticals has gone largely unnoticed by the investment community but a restructuring and a very promising Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) project suggest that the Swiss biotech's comeback is nearly complete.

The change in fortune has been led by Dario Eklund who joined Santhera as CEO in December 2019 and he...

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