Long-listed products (LLPs) in Japan will be subject to a new health coverage scheme starting this October. This is expected…
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AnGes said on September 18 that the US FDA has awarded Breakthrough Therapy designation to its HGF gene therapy Collategene (beperminogene perplasmid) for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease.Peripheral arterial disease, which affects around 200 million people worldwide, can lead…
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