Hansa Biopharma is a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary IgG antibody- cleaving enzyme technology platform to develop treatments for enabling transplantations, rare autoimmune conditions, transplant rejection and cancer. On 25 June, the Company announced a positive CHMP opinion for its lead product candidate imlifidase, which recommends conditional approval of imlifidase for kidney transplantation in highly sensitized patients in Europe. Endorsement of the positive opinion by the European Commission is expected in the third quarter of 2020. On 02 July, the Company announced a partnership with Sarepta Therapeutics, a leader within gene therapy focusing on muscular dystrophies, allowing them to use the unique features of imlifidase to potentially enable gene therapy treatment in patients who today are not eligible for these breakthrough therapies due to pre-existing neutralising antibodies. As part of this partnership, Hansa will receive a USD 10 million upfront payment and potential development, regulatory and sales milestone payments up to USD 397.5 million, as well as mid-teens tiered royalties on Sarepta’s gene therapy sales. Hansa Biopharma is based in Lund, Sweden and also has operations in other European countries and in the United States.