Kissei Pharmaceutical and JCR Pharmaceuticals have formed a collaborative research and development agreement on a biosimilar version of Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s Nesp (darbepoetin alfa) for renal anemia treatment, the companies said on September 30. This is their second joint R&D…
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