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Otsuka, Akebia Form US Collaboration on Anemia Med Vadadustat
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on December 21 that it has formed a collaboration and license accord in the US with Akebia Therapeutics for the development and commercialization of vadadustat, the US biotech’s investigational treatment for anemia associated with chronic kidney disease…
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