Three new members in Oslo Cancer Cluster
IRW Consulting, Eisai and Personalis, Inc. are all new members of the Oslo Cancer Cluster. Please read more about them below.
IRW Consulting AB
IRW is a Nordic Contract Research Organization (CRO) with more than 15 years of experience in conducting clinical trials, Non-Interventional Studies (NIS) and medical device studies. IRW has built an extensive network throughout all Nordic countries, as well as the rest of Europe and the US. Depending on the customer’s requirements, our staff is either outsourced or works with in-house projects. We cover all the stages of clinical development, from phase I to phase IV, including pediatric and non-interventional studies and all classes of medical device investigations.
With regional offices in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, IRW has experienced locally-based staff providing an optimum combination of local knowledge and expertise to assist you conduct your clinical trial as per country specific guidelines. Local presence not just ensures adherence to local requirements for submissions to the Ethic Committees and Regulatory Authorities but also the knowledge of local language facilitates the communication with all local parties involved in the project thereby avoiding possible misunderstandings and reducing approval process timelines.
Working with the full range of companies, from small start-ups to multi-national pharmaceutical corporations, we have learned how to tailor our services to the specific needs of our customers. Our involvement in clinical trials covers both Europe and the US, always following the appropriate regulations wherever we work, either according to external party’s SOPs or our own.
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Personalis, Inc.
Personalis, Inc., was founded in February 2011 out of Stanford University with the mission to provide precision, high accuracy genomic sequencing and analysis to enable precision medicine in the areas of cancer, immuno-oncology, and inherited disease.
Personalis provides researchers and clinicians with highly accurate, comprehensive, and validated DNA and RNA sequencing and interpretation of human genomic data for cancer research, clinical trials, and diagnostics. Our ACE (Accuracy and Content Enhanced) technology goes beyond standard sequencing approaches, substantially increasing medically relevant coverage and accuracy.
Personalis builds on this enhanced sequencing foundation with innovative algorithms and proprietary databases for alignment, variant calling, annotation, and analysis. Through this comprehensive approach, we provide genomic data and interpretation of the highest accuracy. Our CLIA-licensed and CAP-accredited laboratory, in combination with our validated, high accuracy ACE NGS platforms enable seamless transition from discovery to commercialization for our partners.
Eisai
Eisai is a global pharmaceutical company addressing unmet medical needs, and Eisai is committed to make contributions to better healthcare for patients and their families around the world through its business activities.
Eisai has identified neurology and oncology as important areas where there are many diseases for which treatments are still not well established. Concentrating our R&D resources in these areas, Eisai is striving to discover new highly effective treatments especially for neurology and oncology.
Eisai carries out drug discovery research, drug development research and clinical research throughout the world. Eisai pursues innovative new drug discovery by promoting the exchange of various knowledge and ideas from around the world.
Main activities within oncology are within breast cancer and liposarcoma, where Halaven (eribulin) a cytotstatic agent, has shown survival benefit in both tumour types. Halaven is a novel anticancer agent discovered and developed by Eisai, has been launched in Japan, the United States, Europe and Asia.
Lenvima (lenvatinib), a multi targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), discovered and developed by Eisai, received orphan drug status and approval for radio-iodine refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Kisplyx (lenvatinib) was recently approved by EMA and FDA for use in advanced renal cell carcinoma. We are also involved in research in several other tumours.
Eisai AB is the Nordic affiliate and the Nordic office is in Stockholm.
