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Osaka Univ. Spinoff, Sumitomo Dainippon Ink Joint Research Pact on Antibody-Inducing Peptides

September 20, 2016
FunPep, a spinoff of Osaka University, said on September 16 that it entered into an agreement with Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma the previous day to conduct joint research on antibody-inducing peptides. The agreement runs through August 31, 2017. The antibody-inducing peptides…

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