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Maruishi Set to Secure Japan Rights to Kringle’s Vocal Fold Scar Drug
Kringle Pharma, a biotech originating from Osaka University, has reached a basic agreement to grant Maruishi Pharmaceutical the exclusive rights to market its investigational vocal fold scar treatment KP-100LI in Japan. They aim to conclude a definitive agreement in September.…
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