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SPARK Denmark Alumnus Launches Akasi Pharma to Tackle Neuropathic Pain Without Opioids

Posted on April 1st, 2025

We congratulate Walden Bjørn-Yoshimoto who was enrolled in the first cohort in the Danish SPARK programme in 2023 and has established a biotech company, Akasi Pharma in 2025. The company is focusing on new non-opioid treatments for neuropathic pain. Akasi Pharma has established funding from the Danish Biotech incubator BioInnovation Institute.