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Sumitomo Dainippon Will Stick to FY2017 Earnings Targets despite BBI608 Setback: Pres.
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma will maintain its numerical targets in its five-year business plan through FY2017 despite the termination of a global PIII study on BBI608, a promising anticancer drug candidate, as a monotherapy for colorectal cancer, the president says. “We…
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