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Chugai’s DMD Gene Therapy Snags Conditional Approval in Japan
Chugai Pharmaceutical said on May 13 that it has earned Japanese regulatory approval for Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), making it the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in Japan. The treatment was approved as a regenerative medicine product under…
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