Curing Allergy From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Kurt Jacobsen
Curing Allergy From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Kurt Jacobsen Professor, dr. phil., Centre for Business Histo
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 3 The early days Chapter 1 The early days 1
4 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK A Danish doctor comes home In March 1921 a young doctor, Kaj Hedemann Baag
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 5 promised to spend his time on ‘something sensible’ as well.1 Baagøe went a
6 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Having left the prestigious Herlufsholm Boarding School with the best poss
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 7 The early days 1 Kaj Hedemann Baagøe (born in 1888), photographed in 1966
8 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Walker was a consultant at the Peter Bent Brighams Hospital, which was ass
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 9 allergic reactions could be prevented or limited. The actual cause of alle
10 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK with a blow dryer. The dried sediment was treated with ether, and the who
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 11 The early days 1 Early experiments with skin reactions at the Copenhagen
12 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK common, everyday substances that made people ill – substances that were o
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 13 altogether. Research and development were needed. In his new position as
14 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK have we seen a pharmacy fitted out in such a short time,’ wrote Farmacevt
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 15 their collaboration, this state of affairs erupted into open conflict. Da
16 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Poul Barfod (born in 1876), photographed in 1928
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 17 Weekly), in which they criticised chemists for not producing medicines of
18 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK small, gradually increasing doses of the substance that induced the cutan
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 19 Denmark – a goose-feather extract. Given the level of knowledge at the ti
20 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Poul Barfod’s first recorded extract of goose feathers, 9 June 1923
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 21 The early days 1
22 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK In 1923, Baagøe published his first article in Ugeskrift for Læger, and a
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 23 ‘asthma is not a hysterical but an allergic condition, and flogging is no
24 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK registrar at Copenhagen County Hospital in November 1926 but, although th
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 25 in Berlingske Tidende, while Norsk Bakertidning (Norwegian Baker’s Times)
26 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 27 Pionererne og Allergologisk Laboratorium “… has shown significant profici
28 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Production at the Frihavn Pharmacy Baagøe’s decision to move to Kolding m
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 29 The early days 1 Package insert, Frihavn Pharmacy, 1930s
30 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK opportunity to develop the commercial potential of his extracts. Barfod w
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 31 Given the limited knowledge of the time, Barfod was not in a position to
32 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Production was not the only element of the work, however, and Barfod was
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 33 The early days 1 Helle Olrik, superintendent, later Managing Director 194
34 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Allergological Laboratory exhibits its products at the Panum Institute, C
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 35 The early days 1
36 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK by a corresponding clinic for children in 1956. These developments meant
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 37 50,000, of which Poul Barfod subscribed DKK 24,000 on 1 August by transfe
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 39 Chapter 2 Scientific breakthrough Scientific breakthrough 2
40 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK The Allergological Laboratory’s turnover rose steadily by an average of 1
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 41 in collaboration with consultant Knud Wilken-Jensen of the Child Allergy
42 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK produced by the Laboratory itself was mould, which was grown in a special
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 43 treatment is specific to the allergy-inducing substance in question. As h
44 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Allergological Laboratory, Kronprinsessegade, Copenhagen 1972
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 45 Scientific breakthrough 2
46 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 47 Scientific breakthrough 2 Coffee break at the Protein Laboratory. From le
48 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Staff meeting at ‘Ved Amagerbanen 23’, 1979. Amongst others Ellen Nielsen
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 49 Scientific breakthrough 2
50 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK The method had been developed in the USA, where Miles Dome Laboratories h
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 51 yet approved for use in Denmark, but it would only be a matter of time be
52 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Sweden, discovered the human antibody Immunoglobulin E (IgE), which induc
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 53 arrangement was that Løwenstein would be employed by a private company, C
54 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK The first European allergy congress (EAACI) in Paris, 1950
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 55 Scientific breakthrough 2
56 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK new opportunities to find out what actually provoked allergies. Right fro
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 57 very precisely, the proteins that induced allergy in the individual patie
58 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK the content and strength of extracts according to the requirements of eac
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 59 itself in an unsustainable situation that threatened its very existence.
60 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 61 “A small club has been set up with ten or so new scientists as members. T
62 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK including an isotope laboratory where work could begin on the standardisa
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 63 samples taken using the Swedish RAST method were then sent to Weeke at th
64 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK In 1975, Allergological Laboratory moves to new premises at 23 Ved Amager
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 65 time in its history, the Allergological Laboratory posted a deficit. By t
66 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK also the father of Suzanne Gravesen, who had paved the way for a deal. Th
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 67 was offered the Laboratory on the same terms.38 The staff reaction stemme
68 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK Alutard® SQ launched in 1978
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 69 Scientific breakthrough 2
70 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK pollen extract and compete with Allpyral. In June, DKK 900,000 of new cap
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 71 The analysis started with the contents of the vacuum cleaner, as per the
72 From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK was far from sufficient.43 By the summer of 1979 it was clear that the La
From goose feathers to GRAZAX® – The history of ALK 73 was Christian Hansen’s grand-daughter and a major shareholder in the comp