Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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FunPep, Crafton Join Forces on Therapeutic mRNA Vaccines
FunPep said on June 1 that it has launched joint research on therapeutic mRNA vaccines with Crafton Biotechnology, a startup originating from Nagoya University.The collaboration aims to develop novel therapeutic mRNA vaccines by combining FunPep’s antibody-inducing peptide technology with Crafton’s…
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