Mitem Pharma acquires Flisint rights from Sanofi

4 February 2025

French drugmaker Mitem Pharma, which is dedicated to drugs of major therapeutic interest (DMTI), today revealed that has acquired the rights to Flisint (fumagillin) from pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN).

Flisint is recognized as the only treatment capable of overcoming Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidia infections. This opportunistic germ develops in clinical situations of immunosuppression (eg, AIDS or immunosuppression for organ transplantation). There is no equivalent therapeutic alternative in the world.

Since Flisint ceased to be marketed in 2019, the FRIPHARM (Fabrication Recherche Innovation Pharmaceutique; Hospices Civils de Lyon) university hospital platform has been manufacturing the product as a magistral preparation, helping patients with the last remaining stock of active ingredient available from Sanofi.

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