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ASKA, Kyorin to Jointly Develop Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Drug
Kyorin Pharmaceutical will jointly develop and commercialize ASKA Pharmaceutical’s investigational benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment AKP-009, the two companies said on September 30. Discovered by ASKA, AKP-009 is a novel androgen receptor modulator expected to shrink the prostate while improving urinary…
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