Novartis halts study of iscalimab in kidney transplant patients

[September 03, 2021]  ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has halted a clinical trial of CFZ533 (iscalimab) in kidney transplant patients after interim data showed it was not as good as tacrolimus-based treatment in preventing organ rejection, the Swiss group said on Friday.

Its study of the medicine in liver transplant continues, as do studies exploring it as a potential treatment in other conditions, it added in a statement https://www.novartis.com/news/novartis-announces-discontinuation-cirrus-1-study-cfz533-iscalimab-kidney-transplant-patients.

(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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