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Articles Tagged with ''IgAN''

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Travere’s Filspari approved for rare kidney disease FSGS

April 14, 2026
By Karen Carey
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Becoming the first and only fully FDA-approved treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Travere Therapeutics Inc.’s Filspari (sparsentan) has gained access to a second lucrative market with a regulatory package that validates proteinuria as a surrogate endpoint.
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Vertex filing BLA for ‘best-in-class’ IgAN drug on Rainier win

March 10, 2026
By Karen Carey
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is on track to complete a BLA by the end of March seeking potential U.S. accelerated approval for povetacicept, its dual inhibitor of the BAFF and APRIL cytokines, to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), following a successful phase III Rainier trial.
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GSK nabs two Frontier Biotech siRNA assets in $1B deal

March 3, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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GSK plc will pay Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. $40 million up front and up to $963 million in milestone payments to license two of Frontier’s small interfering RNA-based assets in the field of immunology.
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GSK nabs two Frontier Biotech siRNA assets in $1B deal

Feb. 25, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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GSK plc will pay Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. $40 million up front and up to $963 million in milestone payments to license two of Frontier’s small interfering RNA-based assets in the field of immunology.
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Kidneys

Otsuka’s IgAN therapy gets a thumbs-up from the FDA

Dec. 2, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The priority BLA from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, and its U.S. subsidiary, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc., for sibeprenlimab to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has received accelerated approved by the U.S. FDA.
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Kidneys

Otsuka’s IgAN therapy gets a thumbs-up from the FDA

Nov. 26, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The priority BLA from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, and its U.S. subsidiary, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc., for sibeprenlimab to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has received accelerated approved by the U.S. FDA.
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Next IgAN contenders line up; Vera preps a BLA for atacicept

June 3, 2025
By Karen Carey
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With a 42% placebo-adjusted reduction in proteinuria at week 36, Vera Therapeutics Inc. met its primary endpoint in the Origin phase III trial with BAFF and APRIL dual inhibitor atacicept in treating immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) in adults.
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Purespring’s PS-002 designated orphan drug for IgA nephropathy

April 28, 2025
The EMA has granted European orphan drug designation to Purespring Therapeutics Ltd.’s PS-002 for IgA nephropathy (IgAN).
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IgAN again: Novartis gets second approval in rare kidney disease

April 3, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
The U.S. FDA’s accelerated approval of Vanrafia (atrasentan) from Novartis AG for primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the company’s second approval for the indication in the past year and a half. The nod also came without a required safety program through a black box warning.
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Otsuka submits first BLA to FDA for sibeprenlimab in IgAN

April 1, 2025
By Tamra Sami
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc. filed its BLA with the U.S. FDA for sibeprenlimab to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). The company’s first BLA, sibeprenlimab is a monoclonal antibody (MAb) that selectively inhibits the activity of APRIL (A PRoliferation-Inducing Ligand) in adults with IgAN.
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