Pharmalink AB, today announces it has raised SEK 35 million through a rights issue of new shares to the Company’s existing shareholders, including Industrifonden.
The new funds will be used to further advance Nefecon® and Busulipo™, Pharmalink’s two lead product candidates. Nefecon is the first pharmaceutical product especially developed for patients with IgA nephropathy, the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis and a cause of end-stage renal disease requiring treatment with dialysis or transplantation. Nefecon has shown positive results in an open-labeled Phase II trial evaluating safety and efficacy and Pharmalink is currently focusing on preparing pivotal clinical trials.
Busulipo is being developed to provide a best-in-class conditioning agent for use priorto hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), also often known as bone marrow transplantation. Busulipo has successfully undergone Phase II clinical trials and extensive data on efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics compare positively with historical controls. Ph
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