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Astellas, US Biotech Venture to Collaborate on Mitochondrial Disease Therapies
Astellas Pharma and US biotech venture Mitokyne have agreed on an exclusive research and development collaboration in mitochondrial-related disease therapies, Astellas said on October 7. The two companies aim to discover and develop novel drugs for the treatment of mitochondrial-related…
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