Kiadis Pharma to receive innovation credit from AgentschapNL to conduct Phase II study for ATIR

Kiadis Pharma B.V., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for blood cancers, announced today that it will receive an innovation credit of up to €3 million from AgentschapNL, a division of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, to support the Phase II clinical development of Kiadis Pharma's lead pipeline product, ATIR™.  

Kiadis Pharma is currently conducting a Phase II international multi-center study with ATIR™, its cell based product for blood cancers, in order to confirm and extend previous Phase I/II results.  

Manfred Ruediger, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Kiadis Pharma, commented: "We are delighted to receive this credit for ATIR™ as these awards are only made to innovative projects with strong commercial prospects. The grant allows us to accelerate our clinical development in this important therapeutic area of blood cancer treatment which has high medical importance for patients."

Source: Kiadis Pharma