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JCR’s Hunter Syndrome Drug Earns Orphan Status in Europe
JCR Pharmaceuticals said on February 28 that its investigational therapeutic enzyme for Hunter syndrome, JR-141, has been designated as an orphan drug by the European Medicines Agency. JR-141 is a therapeutic enzyme being developed by harnessing the company’s proprietary blood-brain-barrier…
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