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Mitsubishi Tanabe Gains Exclusive Rights to Akebia’s Anemia Drug in Asia
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has inked a deal with Akebia Therapeutics to obtain exclusive rights to the US firm’s oral anemia therapy vadadustat in Japan and certain other Asian countries, the two companies said on December 15. Besides Japan, the Japanese…
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