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Healios Grabs Worldwide Rights to Athersys’ Cell Therapy in ARDS
Tokyo-based biotech Healios said on October 11 that it has agreed with US partner Athersys to obtain exclusive global rights to its off-the-shelf cell therapy product MultiStem for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). They previously concluded a…
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