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Kyowa Kirin Halts Rocatinlimab Clinical Trials on Malignancy Concerns
Kyowa Kirin said on March 3 that it is discontinuing all global clinical trials of its investigational atopic dermatitis therapy rocatinlimab, a blockbuster hopeful that was also being studied for prurigo nodularis and asthma. Clinical studies identified cases of suspected…
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