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.
*Japan Intractable Disease Information Center
CONTACT:
Åsa Hillsten, Head of IR & Sustainability, Calliditas
Tel.: +46 76 403 35 43, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The information was sent for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on July 4, 2024 at 08:30 a.m. CET.
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