March 8 (Reuters) - Hansa Biopharma AB HNSA.ST :
* ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF IMPORTANT DATA FROM AN
INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED STUDY IN ANTI-GBM IN NEPHROLOGY JOURNAL
JASN
* RESULTS SHOW KIDNEY FUNCTION AT 6 MONTHS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER THAN IN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED COHORTS, WITHOUT SAFETY
CONCERNS
* HANSA BIOPHARMA- RESULTS HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL OF IMLIFIDASE
BEYOND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION, PAVING WAY FOR PHASE 3 STUDY IN
ANTI-GBM, PLANNED TO BEGIN THIS YEAR
* IMLIFIDASE RAPIDLY AND COMPLETELY REDUCED PATHOGENIC
ANTI-GBM
ANTIBODY LEVELS TO BELOW REFERENCE RANGE.
* AT SIX MONTHS 67% OF INCLUDED PATIENTS HAD FUNCTIONING
KIDNEYS
VERSUS 18% IN A HISTORICAL CONTROL COHORT
* PUBLICATION RECOGNISES STUDY'S SIGNIFICANCE IN AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASES
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