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Teijin Out-Licenses Narcolepsy Drug to France’s Bioprojet

April 11, 2024
Teijin Pharma said on April 10 that it has granted the exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize its preclinical investigational compound for narcolepsy to French drug maker Bioprojet. Bioprojet has the histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist pitolisant (brand…

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