Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Multifunctional Peptide Conjugate Meets Criteria in Joint Research: PeptiDream/Santen
PeptiDream said on January 25 that its multifunctional peptide conjugate (MPC), identified under a drug discovery agreement with Santen Pharmaceutical announced in September 2018, has achieved the pre-defined criteria for lead peptide candidates. The criteria included certain levels of biological…
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