A1M Pharma is developing treatments for pre-eclampsia and acute kidney injury, two indications where the damaging effects of free hemoglobin leaking into the bloodstream of the patient play a vital part. Until now it has not been established how and to what extent the heart is affected by the free hemoglobin.

According to the discoveries in the scientific article, co-authored by A1M Pharma's co-founders Bo Åkerström and Magnus Gram, the cells within the heart are affected negatively by the free hemoglobin, with impaired heart muscle contraction as a consequence. These negative effects can, however, be neutralized by the protein A1M which is the active substance in A1M Pharma's candidate drug.

These new findings give us a better understanding of how the cells within the heart are affected by free hemoglobin and prove that A1M can potentially neutralize its damaging effects. This publication shows that A1M Pharma´s scientists are at the leading edge in their research field, which further strengthens our future possibilities of using A1M within other therapeutic areas, in addition to the main indications pre-eclampsia and acute kidney injury, comments A1M Pharma’s CEO Tomas Eriksson.