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Khondrion, a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing therapies for primary mitochondrial diseases, today announced the appointment of Jasper Levink as its new Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Prof. Jan Smeitink, the founder and CEO of Khondrion and a lifelong advocate formitochondrial medicine.
Khondrion B.V. and Medvisis Switzerland AG today announced an exclusive licensing agreement for the registration and commercialization of sonlicromanol in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the treatment of Primary Mitochondrial Diseases (PMD). Under the agreement, Medvisis receives exclusive rights to commercialize sonlicromanol in its territory. Financial terms were not disclosed.
NIJMEGEN, the Netherlands – August 4, 2025 – Khondrion announced that the European Commission has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to its lead investigational therapy, sonlicromanol, for the treatment of all inherited mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) defects.
Khondrion, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical companypioneering therapies for primary mitochondrial disease (PMD), today announced it has beenawarded an Innovation Credit of up to €5 million from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, agovernment agency that supports entrepreneurs...
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation’s (UMDF) venture philanthropy arm, The Mito Fund, has invested in Khondrion...
52-week Phase 3 trial to investigate potential of novel, brain-penetrant redox-modulator with anti-inflammatory properties, in adult patients with...
Tell us about your career before joining KhondrionI started my career as a physician in the Dutch Navy, 22 years ago, following the...
We recently sat down with Kasey Woleben, Co-founder, and Sophia Zilber, Board Member and Patient Registry Director of Cure Mito Foundation, to talk...
As 2021 draws to a close, Khondrion’s CEO Jan Smeitink reflects on the past year and the continued progress Khondrion has made in its development of...
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How did you first hear about Khondrion and the work the company is doing in mitochondrial disease? Jan Smeitink and I have been colleagues since the...
How did you first hear about Khondrion and the work the company is doing in mitochondrial disease? I first heard about Khondrion from CEO Jan...