Orphazyme deputy chair thinks layoffs could be option after EU disappointment

Biotech company Orphazyme has enough money to survive for a few months following the news of an expected rejection of the company’s drug hope arimoclomol by the EMA’s expert committee, the CHMP. Deputy Chair Bo Jesper Hansen still has hopes for the company’s chances in the US.

Bo Jesper Hansen has been on the board of Orphazyme since 2010, and has witnessed the company go through both ups and downs | Photo: Kåre Viemose

by CHRISTIAN BUNDGAARD, translated by daniel pedersen

”Just disappointing.”

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