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Kidswell Bio Revs Up Biosimilar Push, G-Lasta, Eylea Follow-Ons in Development

By Tomohiro Osakabe February 22, 2023
Kidswell Bio, a Hokkaido University spinoff formerly known as Gene Techno Science, continues to ramp up its efforts on biosimilar development, advancing follow-on versions of G-Lasta (pegfilgrastim) and Eylea (aflibercept) through its pipeline, President & CEO Masaharu Tani says. Together…

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