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Otsuka Group to Invest 1 Billion Yen in Kyoto Startup, Aims to Commercialize iPS Cell-Derived Platelets
Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, the two Otsuka Group companies, said on December 25 that they will invest a total of one billion yen in Megakaryon, a Kyoto-based startup developing iPS cell-derived platelets, through a third-party share allocation scheme.…
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