Takeda Pharmaceutical has snagged the global rights to develop and commercialize rusfertide, a late-stage asset of Protagonist Therapeutics being developed for rare chronic blood disorders. The companies struck a worldwide licensing and collaboration deal on January 31. Rusfertide is an…
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