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CONTACT<br />

Juhani Lahdenperä<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

ADDRESS<br />

Hermo Pharma Ltd.<br />

Viikinkaari 4<br />

00790 Helsinki<br />

Finland<br />

TELEPHONE<br />

+35 85 0366 9502<br />

EMAIL<br />

lahdenpera@hermopharma.com<br />

YEAR FOUNDED<br />

2008<br />

Hermo Pharma Ltd<br />

www.hermopharma.com<br />

FINANCIAL SUMMARY<br />

Not publicly available.<br />

COMPANY PROFILE<br />

Hermo Pharma Ltd is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing cuttingedge<br />

therapeutic products and approaches for currently untreatable medical needs in the field of neurology.<br />

Company’s headquarter is located in Helsinki, Finland. The company outsources the majority of operational R&D<br />

tasks to external vendors, while controlling the key technology assets and strategic partnerships.<br />

The company’s R&D programs are based on scientifically innovative concepts. These concepts are being<br />

developed by the company through preclinical and clinical Phase II proof-of-principal trials and after that Hermo<br />

Pharma will seek partnerships to support Phase III trials and market its products worldwide. Currently Hermo<br />

Pharma’s product development focus is on novel disease-modifying treatments for amblyopia in adults and<br />

Parkinson’s disease.<br />

Amblyopia in Adults. The project is currently in Phase IIa clinical trials and the results seems very promising.<br />

Company is expecting to out-license this product latest in early 2014.<br />

Parkinson´s Disease. Company is currently finalizing the pre-clinical proof-of-concepts studies with the support<br />

of M.J.Fox Foundation financing. The therapy is based on the neuroprotective and restorative effects provided by<br />

the CDNF protein. The clinical strategy includes of testing of intracrainial delivery platform to treat the patients.<br />

The current data looks very promising and the company is expecting to proceed into the IND enabling Toxicology<br />

phase during year 2013.<br />

MANAGEMENT<br />

Juhani Lahdenperä, CEO<br />

Henri Huttunen, CSO<br />

Sigrid Booms, Head of Clinical Development<br />

Board of Directors<br />

Jonathan Knowles,<br />

Timo Veromaa,<br />

Ari-Pekka Laitsaari,<br />

Henri Huttunen<br />

Jyrki Mattila<br />

Scientific Advisory Board<br />

Eero Castrén<br />

Mart Saarma<br />

Mary Baker<br />

Seppo Kaakkola<br />

Lamberto Maffei<br />

Heikki Rauvala<br />

Pekka Männistö.<br />

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WELCOME PHARMA LICENSING GROUPS<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

PRESENTING COMPANIES SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS<br />

ORGANISERS

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