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7/6/2018 Orion has started a Phase III trial to develop a drug for ALS - The patient recruitment has begun

7/5/2018 Publishing of Orion Corporation's Half-Year Financial Report for January-June 2018 on 18 July 2018

6/14/2018 Fermion's new plant operational in Hanko - nearly 100% of production is exported

6/13/2018 Orion to join John Nurminen Foundation's Clean Baltic Sea projects as a new main partner

4/30/2018 Orion has completed the sale of Orion Diagnostica business division

4/10/2018 Publishing of Orion Corporation's Interim Report for January-March 2018 on 24 April 2018

4/3/2018 Status update of the Phase III ARAMIS clinical trial with darolutamide in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

3/19/2018 Orion has received positive conclusions for the salmeterol-fluticasone Easyhaler® combination under the EU's decentralized procedures

2/28/2018 Orion's statutory co-operation negotiations completed

1/24/2018 Publishing of Orion Corporation's Financial Statement Release for 2017 on 7 February 2018

1/4/2018 Orion to renew operating model of its laboratories

11/7/2017 Professor Heikki Joensuu has been appointed Vice President of Therapy area Oncology, R&D in Orion Corporation

10/12/2017 Publishing of Orion Corporation's Interim Report for January-September 2017 on 26 October 2017

10/5/2017 Orion receives Lean Prize 2016

9/22/2017 Orion Pharma scientists led research group wins award for study paper on dexmedetomidine oromucosal gel for noise anxiety in dogs

7/5/2017 Publishing of Orion Corporation's Half-Yearly Report for January-June 2017 on 19 July 2017

6/2/2017 Orion Diagnostica's co-operation negotiations in Oulu completed

5/18/2017 Orion Capital Markets Day 2017 today 18 May 2017 in Helsinki

5/16/2017 Välittämö100 Web service enables you to donate to carers and their families

4/6/2017 Orion Diagnostica initiates co-operation negotiations concerning 14 persons in Oulu

3/16/2017 Invitation to Orion's Capital Markets Day in Helsinki on May 18, 2017

2/10/2017 Orion Research Foundation grants EUR 1 million for research

1/27/2017 Reijo Salonen, Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical R&D, is CTO of the Year 2017

12/21/2016 Orion is planning to apply for a marketing authorisation for combined salmeterol-fluticasone formulation of the Easyhaler® product family

12/14/2016 Orion and University of Wisconsin-Madison will start strategic collaboration

9/2/2016 Orion Corporation and Menarini Group collaborate on budesonide-formoterol Easyhaler® combination product for asthma and COPD

6/22/2016 Orion Corporation and Asahi Kasei enter into global strategic collaboration

3/11/2016 Fermion invests in a new production facility in Hanko

3/7/2016 The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Orion Corporation start strategic collaboration

12/3/2015 Orion has developed Sileo® product to alleviate noise anxiety in dogs - marketing authorisation in the EU area

12/2/2015 Controlling medication risks with a new drug category - Finns want simple pain relief

11/25/2015 No foreign capsules detected in packages of Orion's Burana-Caps

11/24/2015 Orion recalls Burana-Caps 400 mg capsules from pharmacies and consumers as a precaution

8/13/2015 Kaisa Tarkkanen has been appointed as President of Orion Diagnostica Oy as of 1 October 2015

4/13/2015 Invitation to Orion's Capital Markets Day on 26 May 2015

3/26/2015 Orion signs cooperation agreement with HUCH Comprehensive Cancer Center

3/3/2015 Save the Date: Orion Corporation's Capital Market Day in Helsinki on 26 May 2015

2/5/2015 Orion Pharma Animal Health and Vetoquinol enter into distribution collaboration as of 1 January 2015

11/18/2014 Arto Toivonen has been appointed as President of Fermion Oy as of 1 January 2015

10/2/2014 Orion is campaigning in pink for girls

4/14/2014 ODM-201 offers a new therapeutic option for the treatment of prostate cancer

3/21/2014 Orion's pharmaceutical plant opens in Salo - investment will create over 100 jobs

2/3/2014 The androgen receptor inhibitor ODM-201 - New insights in the treatment of prostate cancer

12/17/2013 Orion Diagnostica Oy and Eurofins Medigenomix enter into a license agreement on Orion Diagnostica Oy's proprietary SIBA® technology

10/22/2013 Orion licenses the levosimendan injection rights in the USA and Canada to Phyxius

9/28/2013 Encouraging results from a clinical Phase II trial of ODM-201 for advanced prostate cancer (ARADES Trial)

3/21/2013 Orion Corporation presented promising Phase II data for new Parkinson's disease drug at AAN Annual Meeting

3/21/2013 Orion Corporation presented promising Phase II data for new Alzheimer's disease drug at AAN Annual Meeting

3/12/2013 Orion Corporation and Gedeon Richter signed novel CNS R&D collaboration agreement

2/15/2013 Promising preclinical and Phase I data of a new generation androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor, ODM- 201, presented at ASCO GU 2013 symposium

1/31/2013 Professionals are concerned: are Finns getting enough vitamin D?

10/30/2012 Results of independent analyses show that Orion's DeviSol preparation meets its requirements

10/25/2012 Orion planning new packaging and logistics centre - new jobs in Salo

10/23/2012 Orion receives positive Phase II study results of a new levodopa product for Parkinson's disease

9/30/2012 Phase I/II ARADES trial of a new generation anti-androgen, ODM- 201, presented at ESMO 2012 congress

9/21/2012 Researcher Hannes Lohi receives an award worth EUR 75,000 - Canine genetic research also helps understand human diseases

3/22/2012 Orion's MIDEX and PRODEX results published in JAMA

12/21/2011 Production restarts at Orion's manufacturing plant in Turku after the fire in November

11/22/2011 Fire stops production at Orion's manufacturing plant in Turku

10/5/2011 Orion Corporation introduces new intensive care sedative Dexdor®

8/4/2011 Orion Corporation and Nycomed to collaborate on Easyhaler® for asthma and COPD

1/28/2011 Orion Corporation and Endo Pharmaceuticals enter into novel R&D collaboration

6/15/2009 Reijo Salonen receives the title of Professor

6/25/2008 Orion's marketing rights for Paclical® Vet (paclitaxel) expanded European-wide

5/30/2008 Orion receives rights for incontinence drug Kentera® from Recordati

4/4/2008 Orion receives European rights from Indevus for Vantas®, for prostate cancer

12/28/2007 Orion-Farmos Tutkimussäätiö jakaa 50-vuotisjuhlansa kunniaksi tutkimukseen 0,65 miljoonaa euroa

5/29/2007 Orion introduces a medicine for treating obese dogs

10/31/2006 New evidence demonstrates early use of Stalevo improves quality of life and may provide long-term benefits in patients with Parkinson's disease

10/10/2006 Management change in Orion's Communications