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1st Patient Dosed Telomelysin Together with Radiotherapy in Japan PII Study for Esophageal Cancer: Chugai
Chugai Pharmaceutical has begun the dosing of the first patients with esophageal cancer in a Japan PII study of the oncolytic viral immunotherapy telomelysin (OBP-301) in combination with radiotherapy, Oncolys BioPharma, licensor of the drug, said on March 4. The…
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