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Taiho Exercises Option to Gain Asian Rights to Arcus’ I/O Candidate
Taiho Pharmaceutical said on July 13 that it has acquired exclusive development and commercialization rights to Arcus Biosciences’ immuno-oncology candidate AB928 and its backup compounds in Japan and certain other Asian territories excluding China. The Japanese company obtained the rights…
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