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Kaken Bags Japan Commercial Rights to KalVista’s HAE Drug
Kaken Pharmaceutical has snared the exclusive commercialization rights in Japan to US biotech KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ sebetralstat, an oral on-demand treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE) now under Japanese regulatory review. Under the licensing agreement, Kaken could pay up to a total…
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