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Takeda Logs Positive PIII Data for Entyvio in Pediatric UC
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on February 19 that its inflammatory bowel disease therapy Entyvio (vedolizumab) met its primary endpoint in a global PIII trial targeting children with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. In the KEPLER study, 47.3% of 120 patients…
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