Nxera Pharma Assigns Japan and APAC (ex-China) Rights to Cenerimod for Autoimmune Diseases to Viatris

Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 28 February 2025 – Nxera Pharma (“the Company” or “Nxera”; TSE: 4565) has entered an assignment agreement with Viatris Inc. (“Viatris”), a global healthcare company, and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd (“Idorsia”), regarding the development and commercialization of cenerimod, a clinical-stage immunology candidate for autoimmune diseases, in Japan, South Korea, and certain countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region (excluding China). The agreement was signed concurrently with Nxera’s assignment of its option to these same rights from Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd under its agreement in July 2023 to acquire Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Japan Ltd and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Korea Co., Ltd.