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PExA awarded SEK 1 million from Vinnova for the next step toward lung-cancer diagnostics

PExA has been awarded SEK 1,000,000 in funding from Vinnova – Sweden’s Innovation Agency – for a project that supports the company’s strategic repositioning toward future diagnostic applications. The funding is granted within the call “Deepened collaborations with the USA, the United Kingdom and Singapore in health and life science.” The project, RAISE-lung, is carried out in…

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PExA files patent application for biomarkers enabling early detection of lung cancer

PExA AB (Spotlight: PEXA) announces that the company has filed a patent application covering protein patterns for the early detection of lung cancer, based on its proprietary non-invasive airway sampling technology. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, largely because the disease is typically diagnosed too late. Earlier detection could dramatically increase the chances of…

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PExA to Exhibit at the World’s Largest Lung Cancer Congress – WCLC 2025 in Barcelona

PExA today announces that the company will participate as an exhibitor at the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Barcelona, September 6–9, 2025. For PExA, participating at WCLC marks an important milestone in the company’s strategic focus on lung cancer diagnostics, early detection, and treatment monitoring. WCLC is the world’s largest meeting dedicated to…

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PExA signs its first rental and data-sharing agreement in Australia

PExA AB is pleased to announce that The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation (TPCHF) in Brisbane, Australia, has signed a 12-month rental agreement for the PExA 2.1 research instrument. The agreement, which includes both rental and formalized data sharing, follows an earlier evaluation phase during which the technology was used to collect samples in lung disease…

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Karolinska Institute researchers launch pilot study using PExA technology to analyze antibody responses in the lower airways

A research team at Danderyd Hospital, led by Associate Professor Charlotte Thålin of Karolinska Institute, has initiated a pilot study using PExA’s non-invasive sampling technology. The aim is to analyze antibody responses in the lower airways – something that has previously not been possible without invasive procedures. Today’s vaccines generate a strong antibody response in…

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