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AbbVie to Initiate Clinical Study of Antibody-Drug Conjugate ABT-414 for Malignant Glioma in Japan

July 9, 2015
AbbVie G.K., the Japan arm of AbbVie Inc., said on July 8 that it will start a PI/II clinical study of its investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) ABT-414 in Japan. The study, which is due to start around August at six…

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