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Ambicion Obtains Global Rights to RIKEN’s NKT Cell-Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapy
The Tokyo-based drug discovery startup Ambicion said on March 30 that it has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with RIKEN for the partner’s patent on natural killer T (NKT) cell-targeted anti-cancer therapy. Ambicion is under a joint research…
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