Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Shionogi Gains Access to US Startup’s Drug Discovery Platform
Shionogi has inked a collaboration pact with US biopharma upstart PharmaIN, which boasts a unique drug discovery platform for various molecules including peptides, looking to combine their technologies to bring out innovative therapeutics with unmet medical needs. The agreement comes…
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