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abe NEW MARKET Daniel Schneider, CEO, Photocure EpiShuttle Ellen Cathrine Andersen, CEO, EpiGuard as the winner due to the company’s determination to protect healthcare professionals and patients during treatment and transport. During the pandemic, EpiGuard’s product – EpiShuttle, a patient transport isolation unit used during transport of infectious patients on land, at sea and in the air – has been an efficient tool in securing capacity in health care systems worldwide. When the pandemic in India reached an all-time high, EpiShuttle was put into use to transport patients to Europe to initiate life-saving treatment. When the health care systems in countries such as France and Switzerland were on the verge of breaking down, EpiShuttle played a crucial part by transporting patients to German intensive care units. The jury stated that the past 19 months have shown that EpiGuard develops products that most countries should have in their inventory when preparing for future pandemics and virus threats. “Our skilled team are working nonstop to develop sustainable and effective products that will solve problems that health care professionals are facing today and will face in the years to come. We are fully committed to be a part of the solution for future health preparedness and to ensure the capacity of the health care system worldwide,” says Ellen Cathrine Andersen, CEO, EpiGuard entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with BioSyent for the commercialization of Cysview in Canada. Photocure has since grown its USA operations and executed on its global expansion strategy by reacquiring the commercial rights to its Hexvix brand and business in continental Europe in October 2020.The reacquisition of marketing and distribution rights enables Photocure’s direct management of the Cysview brand in Canada and consolidates the territory into Photocure’s existing USA business to form its North America sales segment. Photodynamic targeting cells 16 NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG P H O T O H U N G P H A M