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Kyowa Kirin Commences Japan PII of Zandelisib for Indolent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The first patient has been dosed in a Japan PII clinical study of zandelisib, an oral phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) delta inhibitor, for indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Kyowa Kirin and MEI Pharma, a San Diego-based pharma company focusing on cancer, said…
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