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Hansa Biopharma To Be Transformed By Idefirix Approval In EU

Launch In Selected Markets In The Fourth Quarter

 
• By John Davis

With the first approval in the bag for its lead product, Idefirix, from the European Commission, Sweden’s Hansa Biopharma is planning to launch the product in Europe using its own medical and commercial organization in core markets.  

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Sweden’s Hansa Biopharma AB will be transformed by the EU Commission’s conditional approval of the company’s first product, Idefirix (imlifidase), which will bring the biotech into the commercial arena, with first launches in Europe pencilled in for the fourth quarter of 2020. 

The indication conditionally approved by the European Commission is for the desensitization treatment of highly sensitized adult kidney transplant patients...

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