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Keio Spinoff Taps Nikon as CDMO, Targets 2027 Start for KP8011 Trial
K Pharma, a Keio University offshoot, said on February 24 that it has sealed a basic manufacturing agreement with Nikon Cell Innovation as CDMO for its company-sponsored PI/II trial of KP8011, an iPS cell-derived regenerative medicine product for spinal cord…
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