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JCR’s MPS IIIA Drug Gets Orphan Tag in Europe
JCR Pharmaceuticals said on January 21 that the European Commission has granted orphan drug designation to JR-441, an investigational agent for mucopolysaccharidosis type III A (MPS IIIA).JR-441 is a blood-brain barrier (BBB)-penetrating form of recombinant heparan N-sulfatase developed based on…
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