Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s first and only Rituxan (rituximab) biosimilar in Japan is showing a faster-than-expected uptake in the market, with the company racking up 4.3 billion yen from the cancer drug in 2018, far beyond its initial 3.2 billion yen…
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Oncolys in Talks with Checkpoint Drug Makers for Telomelysin: President
Tokyo-based biotech Oncolys BioPharma is in talks with several major drug makers that have immune checkpoint inhibitors in their portfolios for the possible out-licensing of its oncolytic virus telomelysin, President Yasuo Urata revealed on February 8. “We are aggressively exploring…
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