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Otsuka, Akebia Expand Licensing Pact for Anemia Med Vadadustat
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on April 26 that it has inked an agreement with US partner Akebia Therapeutics to expand the territory covered by their current licensing accord for vadadustat, an investigational anemia drug for chronic kidney disease (CDK), to include…
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