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ALS Treatment Ozanezumab Designated as Orphan Drug: GSK
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) K.K. announced on May 17 that its investigational amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment ozanezumab was granted orphan drug designation by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on May 13. The agent is in the PII clinical…
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