Kyowa Hakko Kirin said on October 28 that AstraZeneca has exercised its exclusive option to commercialize the asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment benralizumab in Japan - an IL-5 inhibitor originated by Kyowa Kirin. In July last year, the two…
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