Dr. Kyrre Thalberg new Senior Advisor in formulation development
Iconovo AB (publ) has appointed dr. Kyrre Thalberg to be Senior Advisor in formulation development.
Dr. Thalberg is an internationally renowned expert in development of dry powder formulations for inhalation. Over close to 30 years, he held many leading roles in formulation development at AstraZeneca. He has more than 50 academic publications, several patents and has supervised 5 Ph.D. students. He will take an active role in the development of formulations for Iconovo’s new inhalation device ICOpre®. It will mainly be a generic version of Relvar© Ellipta©.
“We are very pleased to be able to attract such international authority on formulation development. This will further strengthen the high scientific level of our work and help us to accelerate the development of our generic Relvar ICOpre”, says Johan Wäborg, CEO of Iconovo.
About ICOpre®
ICOpre® is a pre-metered multi-dose inhaler for simple once-daily treatment. It works well with all types of inhalation powders. It has an easy three-step operation; open-inhale-close, like the well-known Ellipta® inhaler from GSK. With 30 aluminum-sealed doses, it provides one month of treatment. Each dose comes from two different cavities that are inhaled simultaneously, making ICOpre suitable for mono, duo and triple products. ICOpre has a precise dose-counter that shows the number of doses remaining. ICOpre is being developed based on a unique principle that will be protected by a number of patents.