Barcelona, Spain, and Tokyo, January 22, 2021 – Grifols (MCE:GRF, MCE:GRF.P, NASDAQ:GRFS), one of the world’s leading producers of plasma-derived medicines with a more than 100-year track record of contributing to the health and well-being of people around the world, and OrphanPacific, Inc., which provides drugs for rare diseases and disorders in Japan, today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted manufacturing and marketing approval for Lynspad™ (intravenous infusion 1000 mg), an alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor to treat severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) in Japan.

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English Press Release: Japan’s regulator approves Grifols’ Lynspad™ [alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor] for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency