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Hutchmed’s Colorectal Cancer Med Logs Positive Data in Japanese Cohort: Takeda
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on March 23 that fruquintinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor licensed from Chinese biopharma Hutchmed, delivered favorable results in a Japanese cohort of a global PIII study targeting patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. The PIII study, FRESCO-2,…
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