Disease areas

Focus on severe and chronic diseases

Camurus focuses on diseases of the central nervous system, rare diseases, endocrine disorders, oncology and supportive care.

Central nervous system

Central nervous system

Opioid dependence is a serious, chronic and relapsing disease with a high burden on society, the affected individuals and their families.1

Rare diseases

Rare diseases

400 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with a rare disease.2 On average, a rare disease takes over five years to diagnose and only five percent of rare diseases today have an effective treatment.2,3

Oncology and supportive care

Oncology and supportive care

There are more than 200 different types of cancer and cancer is today the leading cause of death.4,5 Often the burden of cancer can be reduced by an early detection and appropriate treatment and care.5

References: 1. Strang J., et al. Opioid use disorder. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Jan 9;6(1):3. 2. Global Genes, RARE Disease Facts: https://globalgenes.org/rare-disease-facts. Accessed January 2025. 3. What is a Rare Disease? Rare Voices Australia. https://rarevoices.org.au/what-is-a-rare-disease/. Accessed January 2025. 4. Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Types of cancer, https://www.acrf.com.au/support-cancer-research/types-of-cancer. Accessed January 2025. 5. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cancer. Accessed January 2025.