HANSA, Where is the Beef?

Hansa is a small Swedish company with a unique product, a protease from Strep. pyogenes that cleaves IgG called Imlifidase, Idefirix or IdeS for short. They steered IdeS through a difficult early development, obtained approval for their drug in many EU countries for ‘desensitisation treatment of highly sensitised adult kidney transplant Continue reading HANSA, Where is the Beef?

Two New Approaches For Dealing with Sepsis / Toxemia

There is hardly an indication which has accumulated more failed clinical trials than the sepsis area.  Called first bacteremia, later sepsis, sepsis syndrome or septic shock, there have been numerous attempts to influence the cascade of events that eventually lead to MSOF and death.  While it is convenient to think Continue reading Two New Approaches For Dealing with Sepsis / Toxemia