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Toray Out-Licenses Parkinson’s Drug to Immunis
Toray Industries said on March 5 that it has inked an exclusive license pact with US-based Immunis to out-license TRK-820, its investigational treatment for dyskinesia associated with Parkinson’s disease. TRK-820 is a selective opioid kappa receptor agonist discovered by Toray.…
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