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Amylyx Pulls Out from Japan after ALS Trial Flop
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is withdrawing from the Japanese market after a failure in a key study announced earlier this year for its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate + taurursodiol). The Japan outpost of Amylyx said on May 17…
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