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Akebia/Otsuka's Vadadustat Hits Primary Target in Multinational PIII
US biopharma Akebia Therapeutics' oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor vadadustat, which is under codevelopment with Otsuka Pharmaceutical outside Japan, met its primary endpoint in a multinational PIII program in patients on dialysis with anemia associated with chronic kidney…
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