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Fujifilm Starts Japan PII for Radiopharmaceutical in Pheochromocytoma

February 20, 2018
Fujifilm RI Pharma said on February 19 that it has initiated a PII clinical trial in Japan for its radiotherapeutic agent F-1614 (3-iodobenzylguanidine (131I)) for the treatment of refractory pheochromocytoma, a rare tumor of the adrenal gland. F-1614 combines meta-iodobenzylguanidine,…

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