02/06/2022at 08:38

Orphazyme CEO on sale: "It’s sad, but we tried everything"

Anders Vadsholt, CEO of Orphazyme, says every possible avenue to save the company was explored, but on Tuesday, Orphazyme was bought by Kempharm.

Photo: Nikolaj Skydsgaard/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

by marketwire, translated by daniel pedersen

A small sum of money, a legal suit, and a shadow on the stock market.

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