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Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on July 6 that its UK subsidiary Astex Pharmaceuticals has entered an exclusive research collaboration and license agreement with Genentech to advance a small-molecule breast cancer therapy program. Under the pact, the two companies will jointly optimize…
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