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Seikagaku Eyes FDA Re-Filing of Herniated Disk Drug within 1 Year
Seikagaku aims for the US re-submission of SI-6603 (condoliase), its Ferring-partnered investigational treatment for lumbar disc herniation, “within one year,” President and CEO Ken Mizutani said on May 16. SI-6603 is sold in Japan by Kaken Pharmaceutical under the trade…
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