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JCR Hooks Up with Takeda on Global Expansion of Hunter Syndrome Drug
JCR Pharmaceuticals has granted Takeda Pharmaceutical the exclusive rights to commercialize JR-141 (pabinafusp alfa), a Hunter syndrome treatment known as Izcargo in Japan, in certain geographic territories including Canada and Europe, the two companies said on September 30. Under their…
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