BERGENBIO RECEIVES APPROVAL FROM NORWEGIAN REGIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE FOR COVID-19 SOUTH AFRICA TRIAL

Bergen, Norway, 24 September 2020 - BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical need, announces that it has received approval from Norway's Regional Ethics Committee (REK) for its company sponsored Phase II trial (BGBC020)  to assess the efficacy and safety of bemcentinib for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients in South Africa. All necessary approvals have now been received and dosing is due to commence imminently. The Company will provide an update in due course.