Cereno Scientific to participate at Nordic Life Science Days 2026 as clinical programs advance
Cereno Scientific (Nasdaq First North: CRNO B), an innovative biotech pioneering treatments to enhance and extend life for people with rare cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, today announced that Sten R. Sörensen, CEO, and Megha Ranjan, Director – Business Development & Strategy, will participate in Nordic Life Science Days (NLSDays), taking place September 8–9, 2026, in Stockholm, Sweden.
During the conference, Cereno Scientific will engage in scheduled meetings with investors, potential pharmaceutical partners and other industry stakeholders to discuss recent clinical progress, upcoming milestones and the strategic potential of the Company’s pipeline. NLSDays is a leading Nordic life science event bringing together biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, investors and industry executives for networking and business development.
Cereno enters NLSDays at an important stage of clinical execution. The global Phase IIb EPIMODE trial of lead drug candidate CS1 in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is underway screening patients, while CS014 is approaching topline results from its FDA-aligned Phase I pharmacokinetic (PK) bridging study, anticipated in Q3 2026.
“Cereno is entering a period where several years of scientific and clinical development are translating into increasingly tangible progress across our pipeline. The EPIMODE trial is now screening patients, while CS014 is approaching an important near-term readout that could support an efficient path toward Phase IIb development. With two differentiated HDAC inhibitor programs advancing clinically, we are building a stronger foundation for continued development, strategic opportunities and long-term value creation, while seeing growing engagement around our programs. NLSDays is an important opportunity to engage with investors and industry stakeholders around that progress and the milestones ahead,” said Sten R. Sörensen, CEO of Cereno Scientific.
Cereno’s two clinical-stage HDAC inhibitor programs are built on epigenetic modulation, with the aim of addressing underlying mechanisms that drive disease progression, including pathological vascular remodeling, fibrosis and inflammation. The progression of both programs provides Cereno with multiple clinical value drivers while further strengthening the scientific case for the Company’s HDAC inhibitor approach.
CS1 is Cereno’s most advanced program and is being developed as a potential disease-modifying treatment for PAH, a rare, progressive and serious disease where significant unmet medical need remains. In the completed Phase IIa trial, CS1 demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile together with efficacy signals suggesting improvements in right-heart function, functional class, risk score and patient quality of life, as well as early signs consistent with reverse vascular remodeling. The ongoing randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled Phase IIb EPIMODE trial represents the next important step in evaluating CS1’s potential. It is designed to assess efficacy, safety and tolerability, identify the optimal dose for further development and provide additional insight into the candidate’s potential disease-modifying effects.
CS014 provides an additional near-term clinical value driver. All dosing and participant visits in the FDA-aligned Phase I PK-bridging study have been completed, with topline results anticipated in Q3 2026. Subject to supportive results and continued regulatory alignment, the study may support a streamlined path toward Phase IIb development in pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), without an additional Phase IIa study or further non-clinical safety studies. A Phase IIb trial in PH-ILD is currently planned to initiate in Q3 2027.
With CS1 advancing in Phase IIb and CS014 approaching an important near-term milestone, Cereno continues to increase the clinical maturity of its pipeline and build multiple potential drivers of future value. The Company remains focused on disciplined clinical execution while maintaining strategic and financial flexibility and engaging with investors, potential pharmaceutical partners and other industry stakeholders to support continued development and long-term value creation.
For more information about Nordic Life Science Days, please visit www.nlsdays.com.
For further information, please contact:
Tove Bergenholt, Head of IR & Communications
Email: tove.bergenholt@cerenoscientific.com
Phone: +46 73- 236 62 46
About Cereno Scientific AB
Cereno Scientific is pioneering treatments to enhance and extend life. The company’s innovative pipeline offers disease-modifying drug candidates to empower people suffering from rare cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases to live life to the fullest.
Lead candidate CS1 is an HDAC inhibitor that works through epigenetic modulation and represents a novel therapeutic approach by targeting the underlying mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). CS1 is a well-tolerated oral therapy with a favorable safety profile that has shown encouraging efficacy signals in a Phase IIa trial in patients with PAH, including improvements in right heart function, functional class, risk score and patient quality of life, with early signs consistent with reverse vascular remodeling. An Expanded Access Program confirmed CS1 to be well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile over 12 months of treatment and showed that a majority of patients completing treatment maintained or improved clinical status. CS014 is a new chemical entity and HDAC inhibitor with a multimodal mechanism of action as an epigenetic modulator having the potential to address the underlying pathophysiology of a range of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet needs. CS014 showed a favorable safety and tolerability profile in Phase I, and is being advanced through a streamlined, FDA-aligned pathway toward Phase IIb in pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). Cereno Scientific is also advancing the preclinical program CS585, an oral, highly potent and selective prostacyclin (IP) receptor agonist shown to prevent thrombosis without increased bleeding risk, currently being evaluated in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).
The Company is headquartered in GoCo Health Innovation City in Gothenburg, Sweden, and has a US subsidiary, Cereno Scientific Inc., located in Kendall Square, Boston. Cereno Scientific is listed on the Nasdaq First North (CRNO B). The Company’s Certified Adviser is DNB Carnegie Investment Bank AB, certifiedadviser@carnegie.se. More information can be found on www.cerenoscientific.com.