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Astellas Pulls EU Filing for Geographic Atrophy Drug
Astellas Pharma said on October 28 that it is withdrawing a regulatory application in Europe for avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution (ACP) for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). ACP is a complement C5 inhibitor…
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