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Medipal/JCR’s MPS IIIB Therapy Snags Orphan Tag in US
Medipal Holdings and JCR Pharmaceuticals said on May 7 that the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation for JR-446, an investigational drug for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPS IIIB), a lysosome disease also known as Sanfilippo syndrome type B.JR-446 is…
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