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Kedrion Biopharma Inc. announced that it has established the framework for a long-term agreement with Biotest AG for the full commercialization and distribution of the immunoglobulin therapy Yimmugo® in the U.S., following its Biologic License Application approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 13, 2024.

Grifols announced that Biotest, a Grifols Group company, has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for Yimmugo®, an innovative intravenous immunoglobulin therapeutic, to treat primary immunodeficiencies.

Armed with the latest biological knowledge and cutting-edge computational techniques—and, of course, investor dollars—these six biotechs are playing in the largely underappreciated longevity space, developing therapies that may improve the quality of aging.

Grifols, one of the world’s leading producers of plasma-derived medicines, announced that Biotest, a Grifols Group company, forecasts approximately USD 1 billion in revenue from sales in the United States of its intravenous immunoglobulin Yimmugo® during the next seven years, following recent Food and Drug Administration approval to treat primary immunodeficiencies.

The industry sector focused on aging is only about 10 years old, but acting on what scientists already know, a new crop of biotechs, backed by investors, are taking a disease-centric approach to extending the human lifespan.