Calliditas Therapeutics and STADA partner to register and commercialize specialty therapy for IgA Nephropathy in Europe
· Calliditas and STADA partner to bring a specialty therapy focused on downregulating IgA1 to European patients. If approved, it would be the first-ever approved treatment in the EU for chronic autoimmune kidney disease IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) · Partnership for this oral orphan-drug candidate combines Calliditas’ drug-delivery expertise with STADA’s pan-European marketing and sales expertise, including for specialty and nephrology medicines · Deal covering European Economic Area (EEA) member states, Switzerland and the UK is valued at a total of 97.5 million EUR ($115m), plus royalties