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Ono Chief Recounts Long and Winding Road of Opdivo Development, Thanks Kyoto Univ. Professor
Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara talked about the long struggles his company endured before its anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) became a standard treatment for cancer, expressing his thankfulness to the late Emeritus Professor Osamu Hayaishi of Kyoto University in his…
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