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Nippon Shinyaku Licenses OAB Drug from DSP, Aims for Launch of Nocturia Treatment in 2019
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) and Nippon Shinyaku announced that they signed on March 7 a license agreement for exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the novel overactive bladder (OAB) treatment SMP-986 (afacifenacin fumarate) in Japan. Nippon Shinyaku, which will…
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