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Chugai Tapping Wearable to Objectively Gauge Pain, First Eyes Endometriosis Trial

By Kohei Hori February 26, 2024
Chugai Pharmaceutical is developing a technology to measure pain using a wearable device to evaluate the efficacy and safety of drugs in clinical trials. The company initially envisions its use with AMY109, an anti-IL-8 recycling antibody being investigated for endometriosis…

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