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Stem Cell Therapy SB623 Misses Key Target in US PIIb Study for Stroke: SanBio, Sumitomo Dainippon

January 30, 2019
The investigational cell therapy SB623, which is jointly developed by SanBio and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, has failed to hit its primary endpoint in a PIIb study in the US for chronic ischemic stroke, they said on January 29. The study,…

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