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Nippon Shinyaku’s Sakigake-Designated DMD Med Boosts Dystrophin Protein Production in Clinical Studies

June 29, 2018
Nippon Shinyaku announced on June 28 that the production of dystrophin protein in skeletal muscle was confirmed in both a Japan PI/II study and a PII trial in the US and Canada for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment NS-065/NCNP-01.…

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