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Astellas Snapping Up US Mitochondrial Disease Specialist Mitobridge
Astellas Pharma has exercised its exclusive option to acquire US startup Mitobridge, formerly known as Mitokyne, under the amended terms of their R&D partnership pact in 2013 focusing on mitochondrial disease therapies, the two companies said on November 30. The…
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