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Takeda Files Its 1st Cell Therapy, Darvadstrocel, in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on February 10 that it has filed darvadstrocel (development code: Cx601) in Japan for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas associated with Crohn’s disease (CD) - the company’s first allogeneic stem cell therapy in the country. The…
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