BUSINESS
Rakuten Launches Japan Arm of Global PIII for Photoimmunotherapy/Keytruda Combo
Rakuten Medical said on July 29 that it has begun enrolling patients in Japan in a global PIII study testing its photoimmunotherapy drug ASP-1929 in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 antibody Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a first-line treatment for locoregional recurrent head…
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