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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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The Wednesday TableShe had been on virtual calls since eight in the morning. The screen glowed. Her eyes burned. Plugged into Teams across time zones, she was digitally connected yet entirely isolated from the reality of Japan’s pharma market.She needed…





