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Nippon Shinyaku Set to Expand Capricor DMD Therapy Pact to Europe
Nippon Shinyaku said on September 18 that it will be negotiating with Capricor Therapeutics over the next few months on the expansion of its commercial rights for the US biotech’s investigational cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to include…
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