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Vifor Bulks Up Renal Franchise With Sanifit And Inositec Acquisitions

Paying €205m Upfront For Spanish Group

 
• By Kevin Grogan

A couple of months after licensing the late-stage kidney disease drug sparsentan from Travere, the Swiss group has beefed up its nephrology activities by buying Mallorca-based Sanifit and Swiss outfit Inositec.

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• Source: Vifor Pharma

Vifor Pharma Group has hit the M&A trail again to bolster its nephrology pipeline by acquiring promising Spanish biotech Sanifit Therapeutics S.A. and fellow Swiss group Inositec AG with the hope of becoming a leader in the calcification disorder space.

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