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Ono/KSQ Therapeutics Tie Up for Cancer Drug Discovery
Ono Pharmaceutical has signed a deal to acquire research-stage oncology programs from US biotech KSQ Therapeutics to advance them towards clinical studies, the two companies said on January 25. Subject to the deal are multiple DNA damage response (DDR) programs…
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