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Takeda Files Polycythemia Vera Drug Rusfertide in US
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on January 5 that it has filed a new drug application in the US for rusfertide, an investigational treatment for polycythemia vera (PV) originating from Protagonist Therapeutics’ proprietary peptide platform. The application was submitted in December and…
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