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National Neurology Center Starts Investigator-Led Trial for DMD Drug Targeting Exon 44
The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) launched on November 6 an investigator-initiated trial of the oligonucleotide drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), NS-089/NCNP-02, the world’s first exon-skipping drug that targets exon 44, it said on the same day.…
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