Kissei Pharmaceutical will collaborate with Maruishi Pharmaceutical on the development and sales of MR13A9, a kappa opioid receptor agonist that Maruishi licensed from US biotech Cara Therapeutics, for the treatment of uremic pruritus in dialysis patients in Japan. Announcing their…
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