Tag: transplantation

RIAD, Saudi-Arabien, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Das King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) hat an zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen erfolgreich 10 Cross-Over-Nierentransplantationen durchgeführt und damit einen weltweiten Rekord für die meisten derartigen Eingriffe innerhalb von zwei Tagen in einem einzigen Zentrum aufgestellt – zeitgleich mit dem Weltorganspendetag am 13. August. Dieser Meilenstein unterstreicht die führende Rolle des KFSHRC im Bereich der Organtransplantation weltweit.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) successfully performed 10 kidney exchange transplants over two consecutive days, setting a global record for the highest number of such procedures conducted within a two-day span at a single center, coinciding with World Organ Donation Day on August 13. This milestone reinforces KFSHRC’s position as a global leader in organ transplantation.

Wuppertal, Germany, August 5, 2025 - Aicuris Anti-infective Cures AG today announced initial clinical data from its ongoing first-in-human Phase 1 trial with AIC468. The novel antiviral antisense oligonucleotide is in development for the treatment of BK virus (BKV) infections in kidney transplant recipients. The interim results, presented at the World Transplant Congress in San Francisco on August 4, 2025, provide an overview of PK characteristics of AIC468 from the Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers.

WALTHAM, Mass., July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EMPAVELI^® (pegcetacoplan) as the first treatment for C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) or primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) in patients 12 years of age and older, to reduce proteinuria. C3G and primary IC-MPGN are rare kidney diseases, affecting 5,000 people in the United States.¹