Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Astellas/Seattle Genetics’ ADC Succeeds in PII Urothelial Cancer Study; US Filing Set for 2nd Half of 2019
Astellas Pharma and Seattle Genetics said on March 28 that their investigational antibody drug conjugate (ADC) enfortumab vedotin demonstrated positive top-line results in a PII trial for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. The cohort 1 of…
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