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05-Mar-2026

PDUFA Action Date for Hansa Biopharma’s Imlifidase BLA Set for December 19, 2026

  • If approved, imlifidase will be the first treatment to address highly sensitized patients awaiting kidney transplantation.

Lund, Sweden, 4 March 2026. Hansa Biopharma AB, (“Hansa” or “the Company”), (Nasdaq Stockholm: HNSA), today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the company that the previously accepted Biologics License Application (BLA) for imlifidase has been assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of December 19, 2026.

Renée Aguiar-Lucander, CEO, Hansa Biopharma said: “With the PDUFA date now set, we are one step closer to potentially offering imlifidase as a transformative therapy option for patients who today have very limited access to a lifechanging kidney transplant.  It marks an important milestone for Hansa Biopharma and for highly sensitized patients in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplantation. We look forward to working with the FDA as they complete their review over the coming months.

About highly sensitized patients awaiting kidney transplantation

Highly sensitized patients constitute a particularly underserved group in kidney transplantation, representing an estimated 10–15% of individuals on transplant waiting lists. These patients carry high levels of pre-formed donor specific antibodies (DSA) with broad reactivity against human leukocyte antigens (HLA), typically resulting from previous transplants, blood transfusions, or pregnancies. Consequently, they face a substantial immunological barrier to transplantation, as DSAs can trigger an immediate immune response against a donor organ, leading to tissue damage and likely graft rejection. Compatible donors are therefore exceedingly difficult to identify, and highly sensitized patients often endure significantly prolonged — and in some cases indefinite — waiting times, remaining dependent on long-term dialysis while awaiting a viable matched organ.

About imlifidase

Imlifidase is conditionally approved in the European Union, Norway, Lichtenstein, Iceland and the UK under the tradename IDEFIRIX® for the desensitization treatment of highly sensitized adult kidney transplant patients with a positive crossmatch against an available deceased donor. IDEFIRIX® is also approved in Australia and Switzerland.

This is information that Hansa Biopharma AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 22:08 CET on March 4, 2026.

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