With industry's growing kidney moment, Everest begins building kidney portfolio

Everest Medicines added its first therapy to a planned renal portfolio on Monday through a deal with Calliditas.

The therapy, Nefecon (PL-56, Nefigan), is in the Phase III Nefigard trial to treat IgA nephropathy. It is an enteric formulation of budesonide that down-regulates the kidney's inflammatory process.