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SanBio to Start Talks with PMDA over Late-Stage Study of SB623 in Ischemic, Hemorrhagic Strokes: COO
SanBio is now poised to get its lead cell therapy candidate SB623 moved forward for the treatment of chronic strokes in Japan after a closer look into data from a failed US trial showed promise in a smaller group of…
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