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AnGes Calls off Japan Development of Collategene for Additional Indication
Osaka-based biotech AnGes said on September 7 that it will discontinue the development in Japan of its HGF gene therapy Collategene (beperminogene perplasmid) for an additional indication of pain at rest associated with chronic arterial occlusion. The Osaka University spinoff…
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