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?

Nitrofurantoin – An Old Drug Resurrected Needs Prospective Scrutiny

When older drugs get reintroduced into clinical practice because pathogens have developed resistance to newer agents, it comes at the price of uncertainty. Often, older drugs were approved based on rather limited data, often considered incomplete by today’s standards.  Take colistin as an example: approved in the early 60ies, we still Continue reading Nitrofurantoin – An Old Drug Resurrected Needs Prospective Scrutiny