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2024 Japan Filing Plan for Oncolytic Virus Unchanged: Oncolys President
Tokyo-based biotech Oncolys BioPharma is sticking to its 2024 target for the regulatory submission of its oncolytic virus telomelysin in Japan even after Chugai Pharmaceutical walked away from their collaboration deal, according to President Yasuo Urata. In April 2019, Oncolys…
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