Having recently signed a gene therapy collaboration with Sarepta and received a positive opinion from the CHMP for its kidney transplant therapy, Sweden's Hansa has now raised a substantial sum in a "multiple times oversubscribed" placing.

Kidney transplantation might be possible in difficult-to-graft highly sensitized patients using Hansa Medical's IgG-cleaving product, imlifidase. The high unmet need for such a product might usher in a Phase II data-based approval.

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