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Japan Grants 1st Conditional Approval to Terumo’s HeartSheet
Major Japanese medical device maker Terumo obtained conditional approval for its cell-based heart failure therapy, HeartSheet, the first such approval given in Japan since a new “regenerative medicine” category was created under the revised pharmaceutical affairs law. HeartSheet, autologous skeletal…
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