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Ferring Nabs Japan Approval for Bladder Cancer Gene Therapy
Ferring Pharmaceuticals said on May 11 that it has won regulatory approval in Japan for Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec), an intravesical gene therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The therapy was approved on May 8 for high-risk NMIBC with carcinoma…
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