Marc has recently joined as Head CMC and provides scientific guidance, projectmanagement support and regulatory expertise in the field of chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC). He has more than 20 years of experience in drug development for global markets, and held senior leadership roles at Fresenius Kabi and Baxter Healthcare. Marc is an excellent addition to our team and will define, drive and oversee Opterion Health AG’s pharmaceutical development and manufacturing activities for preclinical and

At Opterion Health, we aim to improve the quality of life for patients, their caregivers and loved ones as well as attempt to increase the survival rates of people who suffer from chronic kidney disease. Quality is important to us and everyone at Opterion Health is committed to maintain a culture of quality and mitigate risk through appropriate systems and processes. Learn more about Opterion Health and the novel solution for peritoneal dialysis (PD) we

Opterion Health held its first Annual General Meeting at its new headquarters at The 5th Floor, in Muttenz, Baselland. The hybrid meeting was well attended by our shareholders – in person or online. All agenda items were unanimously approved by all votes represented. David Ebsworth, Chairman, thanked the two exiting Members of the Board of Directors (BoD), Guido Grentzmann and Andreas Schmidt, for their substantial and valuable contribution over the past years. On behalf of the

Yesterday, the new Opterion Health AG office in Muttenz, Baselland, was officially inaugurated and the entire team was overwhelmed to welcome so many guests, and celebrate together with our partner HEMEX and The 5th Floor. Ricardo Cordero, Vice Chairman, and David Ebsworth, Chairman of Opterion, welcomed the guests; Englund, Björn, Opterion’s CEO shared insights into the PeritonealDialysis market and company’s vision. Dr. Susanne H. Hoischen, Nephrologist and Founder & Managing Partner of Sanecum Group, highlighted

15 July 2021 – It’s been about 100 days since Englund, Björn joined Opterion Health AG as CEO. With his broad background in the dialysis business, how has he experienced his start with Opterion? “The last 100 days have been awesome! Our drive for innovation at Opterion and the novel solution for peritoneal dialysis (PD) we are developing will be a real game changer in dialysis and, more importantly, will improve patients’ quality of life once

3 June 2021 – Hello The 5th Floor – hello Muttenz, Baselland! Opterion Health AG has just moved into its new offices and is excited to become part of the innovative life sciences ecosystem around Basel. The new offices, next to the recently launched inQbator – a startup accelerator created through a partnership between BLKB, HEMEX and Launchpad – and other innovative companies are inspiring and will help us advance our goal to bring innovation

9 March 2021 – Guido Grentzmann, CEO and CSO of Opterion Health AG, shared insights on our new osmotic driver for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) at the recent virtual ISPD (International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis)-EuroPD Joint Conference: Common PD fluids use glucose as osmotic driver (ODR) at concentrations between 1% and 5%. The high glucose concentration of conventional PD fluids leads to high initial osmotic pressure. The back-diffusion of glucose, from the dialysate into the patient’s bloodstream, presents a

17 February 2021 – Thank you HEMEX for this contribution, excellent support and trust in our novel Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) solution! Our goal is to bring innovation to dialysis care and promote home dialysis to improve the quality of life for patients as well as their families. Preclinical activities and preparations for phase I are in full swing.  

12 February 2021 – Amelie Tsoutsoulopoulos and Guido Grentzmann from Opterion Health AG are participating at the virtual ISPD (International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis) – EuroPD Joint Conference. Meet the Opterion team at the oral presentation ‘Osmotically active composition for peritoneal Dialysis’, taking place Monday, 1st March 2021, from 18:15 – 19:45 (CET) / 17:15 – 18:45 (UTC) / 12:15 – 13:45 (ET) in the ‘Free Communications – Basic Science’ session.

6 February 2021 – “About 40% of dialysis incidence is due to diabetes. Further, in times of a pandemic, as we are currently experiencing, an increasing number of patients are reluctant to visit a clinic or a hospital,” says Guido Grentzmann, the founder and CEO/CSO of Opterion Health AG. “Therefore, a physiological glucose or glucose-free peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution, which Opterion has in pre-clinical development, is a much-needed innovation, not only for diabetic dialysis patients, but

26 January 2021 – The entire Opterion Health AG team is excited to move to ‹The 5th Floor› in Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft, and benefit from the innovative life sciences ecosystem around Basel. A big thank you to the ‹Basel Area Business & Innovation› team for their excellent support.