“The study highlights the need for and benefit from desensitization in kidney transplantation. Although IdeS was not subject of this study, it strengthens our belief that IdeS has the potential to play a very important role in kidney transplantation going forward. Our vision for IdeS is to make desensitization possible for highly and moderately HLA-sensitized patients relying on either deceased or living donor donation.” comments Göran Arvidson, CEO of Hansa Medical AB.

Current protocols for desensitization, primarily involving plasmapheresis, immune globulins and rituximab, require meticulous planning and timing and these are not feasible in most cases for deceased donor kidney transplantation.

IdeS with its rapid and powerful pharmacological effect is currently in clinical development. It is administered just prior to transplantation and has the potential to increase the number of sensitized patients receiving kidney transplants. In 2015, 70 percent of donated kidneys in the US were donated from deceased donors.

The information in this press release is disclosed pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for public disclosure on March 11, 2016 at 08.45 CET.