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- Nanexa AB (publ) (NANEXA.ST) is a Sweden-based pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of long-acting injectable drug products utilizing its proprietary PharmaShell drug delivery platform, which employs atomic layer deposition technology to enable controlled release of active pharmaceutical ingredients from high drug load formulations; the platform supports applications for small molecules, peptides, proteins, and monoclonal antibodies across indications including type 2 diabetes, obesity, oncology, and other chronic conditions. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, the company operates primarily in the Nordic countries, Europe, and North America, advancing its own pipeline projects—NEX-22, a once-monthly depot formulation of liraglutide (GLP-1 analogue) that completed Phase I trials in 2025 demonstrating exposure up to 36 days with good tolerability and no significant gastrointestinal side effects; NEX-18, a depot formulation of azacitidine for myelodysplastic syndrome; and NEX-20, a depot formulation of lenalidomide for multiple myeloma—while licensing PharmaShell to pharmaceutical partners for custom depot formulations. Nanexa maintains ongoing collaborations with major pharmaceutical companies including Novo Nordisk, its largest shareholder, under an exclusivity and evaluation agreement generating milestone payments, and AstraZeneca; recent developments include extension of a feasibility agreement with a major unnamed pharmaceutical company in August 2025 to explore PharmaShell long-acting formulations in a multi-billion USD market, receipt of a Japanese patent approval for a specific PharmaShell structure in September 2025 alongside three new patent applications, appointment of Bridget Lacey as Chief Business Officer in April 2025, termination of the collaboration with Applied Materials in May 2025 yielding a USD 750,000 payment and full revenue retention on future licenses, selection as a finalist in the Fierce Innovation Awards Life Sciences Edition 2025 for Drug Delivery Technology, and a directed share issue and loan raising SEK 55 million earlier in 2025 to fund operations through Q1 2026.