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Taiho Secures Japan, Asian Rights to Arcus’ HIF-2α Inhibitor Casdatifan
Taiho Pharmaceutical said on October 20 that it has obtained the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize casdatifan (AB521), a hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) inhibitor discovered by Arcus Biosciences, in Japan and parts of Asia excluding mainland China. The rights were…
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