CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander Exercises Warrants and Invests SEK 15.7m (Appr. USD 1.7m) in Calliditas
STOCKHOLM, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) ("Calliditas") today announced that its CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander will exercise warrants granted pursuant to Calliditas' Warrant Program 2017/2020, which corresponds to an investment totaling SEK 15.7 million. Following the exercise, Ms. Aguiar-Lucander's total shareholding in Calliditas corresponds to 412,000 shares.
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About Calliditas
Calliditas Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Stockholm, Sweden focused on identifying, developing and commercializing novel treatments in orphan indications, with an initial focus on renal and hepatic diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Calliditas' lead product candidate, Nefecon, is a proprietary, novel oral formulation of budesonide, an established, highly potent local immunosuppressant, for the treatment of the autoimmune renal disease IgA nephropathy, or IgAN, for which there is a high unmet medical need and there are no approved treatments. Calliditas is running a global Phase 3 study within IgAN and, if approved, aims to commercialize Nefecon in the United States. Calliditas is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: CALTX) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (ticker: CALT). Visit www.calliditas.com for further information.
For further information, please contact:
Renée Aguiar-Lucander
CEO, Calliditas
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +46-722-52-10-06
Mikael Widell
Head of Communications
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +46-703-11-99-60
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