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Mitsubishi Tanabe to Acquire Stelic, Adding Nucleic Acid Drugs to Lineup to Accelerate Business Development in US

November 6, 2017
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on November 1 that it will acquire Tokyo-based biotech company Stelic Institute. Stelic’s pipeline includes STNM01, a siRNA that inhibits carbohydrate sulfotransferase 15 (CHST15), for the treatment of GI diseases including ulcerative colitis. Mitsubishi Tanabe aims…

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