Category Archives: General

No Comments on Focus on InflammAging

The connection between chronic inflammation and diseases of aging

Is there a problem with increasing life expectancy? If you look at the graph of average life years alone, the development over the last fifty years looks very positive. This graph shows a steady upward trend, especially in Western countries. People are getting older continuously.

There is, however, a second graph that has risen much slower: that of healthy life expectancy...

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No Comments on »MetrioPharm Is at a Pivot Point«

A Conversation with Barry Frankel, MetrioPharm’s new Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development

Barry Frankel, MetrioPharm’s Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development.

Do you remember first hearing about MetrioPharm?

Yes, I do remember. I have a friend, who told me to take a look at this company. I reviewed their data and the first thing I liked was the unique profile of the MP1032 platform...

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No Comments on Preparations for New Studies

A report on the current projects of the MetrioPharm team

Photo: © Sandra Meissner

Timetables on the office walls, e-mails with long to-do lists and meetings of all project groups: The new year has started off busy. In order to move the MetrioPharm pipeline ahead as planned, the team is coordinating several major projects simultaneously.

One of the most important is the completion of the Phase II trial in the indication psoriasis...

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No Comments on The Molecule Has Found Us

Interview with the MetrioPharm Founders

The founders from left to right: Dr.Wolfgang Brysch, Rudolf Stäger and Ekkehard Brysch, Foto: © Eva Brysch

In spring 2018, we met the three founders of MetrioPharm AG in Zurich for an interview. We talked about the right intuition for molecules with potential, about the ongoing clinical trial and MetrioPharm’s plans for the future

In 2007, the three of you founded MetrioPharm AG together. How did this happen?

Dr...

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No Comments on Inflammation, Alzheimer’s disease and a well-tested substance

What we can learn from our competitors

A recent study investigates the correlation between chronic inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease.
Foto: © Fotolia

In our last blog entry, our CEO Dr. Wolfgang Brysch replied to the question: “Does MetrioPharm have competition? You can find the full article here. In this article we take a closer look at a drug that has already been tested.

If a patient suffers from an autoimmune disease, for example psoriasis, his physician ...

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No Comments on Final sprint for the annual report

A life sign from the blog editors

Last work on the MetrioPharm annual report

Almost done – last work on the MetrioPharm annual report
Photo: © Eva Brysch, 2018

You may have noticed it – for a while it was quiet on our blog. The reason is not that we have lost interest in blogging, the reason is June 20, 2018.

On June 20, the 12th Annual General Meeting of MetrioPharm AG will take place in Kloten; on that day a stack of freshly printed annual reports will be ready to inform new and old shareholders about...

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3 Key Questions about the New MetrioPharm Blog

Thank you for visiting our new blog. We want to use our first post to answer three important questions about our new MetrioPharm Blog. Here we go:

  1. What is a blog?

The word blog is an abbreviation for weblog. In a literal sense, it is an online logbook. In contrast to a traditional corporate website, a blog is sorted chronologically; as in an old-fashioned logbook, you always read the most current entry first...

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