Travere Therapeutics Inc. submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under Subpart H for accelerated approval of sparsentan for the treatment of IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

Shares of Calliditas Therapeutics soared in trading after the company announced positive Phase III data from a study of Nefecon in IgA nephropatjhy (IgAN), an autoimmune renal disease.