Vifor/Angion Collaboration On Rocky Ground As ANG-3777 Phase III Trial Fails In Kidney Transplant Patients

Vifor and Angion’s ANG-3777 has failed in a Phase III trial for kidney transplant patients at risk of delayed graft function less than a year after the companies sealed a $80m licencing deal for the product. As focus shifts to another rare nephrological indication, analysts express skepticism.    

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Vifor Pharma Group and Angion Biomedica Corp.’s partnership for ANG-3777 has faced a major setback as the drug candidate missed the primary endpoint in a Phase III trial for its lead indication in kidney transplant patients at risk for developing delayed graft function (DGF), topline data show.

ANG-3777 is in a Phase II trial for another indication, cardiac-surgery associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI), but analyst expectations have...

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