STOCKHOLM, July 4, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Calliditas Therapeutics AB (NASDAQ: CALT) (STO: CALTX)
("Calliditas") today announces that its partner Viatris
Pharmaceutical Japan G.K. ("Viatris") has initiated a phase III
clinical trial in Japan with
Nefecon, named VR-205 in the Japanese market, in Japanese patients
with IgA nephropathy (IgAN).
The clinical trial is a bridging study requiring a limited
number of Japanese patients to participate in a study similar in
design to that of the global NefIgArd trial. IgA nephropathy is a
designated retractable disease in Japan, with an estimated 33,000 patients in
Japan* assumed to be
suffering from this disease and with limited treatment options for
IgAN patients in this country.
Calliditas Therapeutics announces license agreement with Viatris
to register and commercialize specialty therapy for IgA nephropathy
in Japan - Calliditas Therapeutics
AB
*Japan Intractable Disease Information
Center
CONTACT:
Åsa Hillsten, Head of IR &
Sustainability, Calliditas
Tel.: +46 76 403 35 43, Email: asa.hillsten@calliditas.com
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