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Rakuten Medical Eyes Label Expansion for Photoimmunotherapy, Asia as Key Market
Rakuten Medical Japan is ramping up its work to add new indications for its photoimmunotherapy-based product in Japan and abroad, while training its sights on Asia as a key market in its global strategy, President Takashi Toraishi said on August…
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