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: [email protected]
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