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Vifor Clinches Deal For Travere's Rare Kidney Disorder Drug

Pays $55m Upfront For Sparsentan

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The Swiss group has delivered on its promise to secure more deals in the nephrology space by bagging the rights in Europe, Australia and New Zealand to sparsentan, which is deep into a Phase III program for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and IgA nephropathy.

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Having recently pledged to sign at least two deals by the end of 2021, Vifor Pharma Group  has inked the first one and licensed Travere Therapeutics, Inc.'s investigational rare kidney disease drug sparsentan.

The Swiss firm is paying $55m upfront to get hold of the rights in Europe, Australia and New Zealand to sparsentan which is in late-stage trials for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and IgA nephropathy (IgAN)

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