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Medipal, JCR Launch Global PI/II of MPS IIIB Therapy
Medipal Holdings and JCR Pharmaceuticals said on September 11 that the first patient has been dosed in a global PI/II trial of JR-446, their investigational therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPS IIIB), also known as Sanfilippo syndrome type B. The…
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