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Chugai Licenses Atopic Dermatitis Hopeful to Maruho in Japan, Retains Rights for Hemodialysis Pruritus
Chugai Pharmaceutical has granted dermatology firm Maruho the Japan rights to develop and commercialize its hope-to-be blockbuster nemolizumab for the treatment of atopic dermatitis - a deal that follows a global licensing pact it struck with Galderma Pharma two months…
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