The method of integrating Glycosorb® ABO into the existing heart-lung machine system during transplantation makes it possible to perform transplants across blood group barriers.
The method is now well-established at several leading centers in Europe. The results have been excellent, continuously expanding the boundaries of what has previously been possible in blood group-incompatible heart transplantation.
 
The recently performed heart transplant in Vienna went as planned, with excellent results.
In addition to this, the company has also delivered Glycosorb® ABO to heart centers outside Europe, which are planning to begin using the method in the near future.

Glycosorb® ABO has primarily been used for blood group-incompatible kidney transplants from related living donors, but results in recent years with Glycosorb® ABO in heart and liver transplants demonstrate the potential to expand the use of the product to kidney transplants from deceased donors as well.

For more information, please contact:

Johan Nilsson, CEO

Email: johan.nilsson@glycorex.com, Tel: +46 46 286 5230

Brief information about the company

Glycorex Transplantation AB (publ) is a global medical technology company headquartered in Sweden. The company has developed a unique medical technology (antigen-specific immunoadsorption) to specifically reduce blood group and autoantibodies in the blood.

The company's focus areas are within transplantation, blood transfusion, and autoimmune diseases. The company has sales in over 25 countries, with Europe as its largest market. Sales take place through own sales channels and in cooperation with distributors in selected markets. Product development and production takes place in the company's own facility in Lund, Sweden.

Glycosorb® ABO is one of the company's self-developed proprietary medical devices that is used to facilitate blood group-incompatible transplantation by specifically reducing anti-A/B antibodies in the organ recipient's plasma. Whilst primarily used to facilitate blood group incompatible kidney transplants, Glycosorb® ABO is also used in blood group incompatible liver-, heart-, lung-, and stem cell transplants. More than 60 scientific publications have been published in reputable medical journals, showing excellent short- and long-term outcomes of blood group incompatible transplants performed with Glycosorb® ABO. Glycosorb® ABO has been used in more than 7,000 transplants in over 30 countries. 

The company has also developed and CE-marked a medical device variant of Glycosorb® ABO that targets a different customer segment: transfusion clinics and blood centers. The product can help increase the availability of universal blood components and has been shown to be effective for the preparation of low-titer blood plasma, whole blood, and platelet concentrate.

The company is collaborating with a leading European research institute to develop a product for the treatment of the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis.

Glycorex Transplantation AB (publ) is listed on NGM Main Regulated Equity (Nordic Growth Market) and is traded under the symbol GTAB B.