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GTS Alliance Gives Mochida A Cell Therapy Buy-In

Rare GI Disorder Focus

 
• By Ian Haydock

Collaboration with fundraising Tokyo-based venture builds mid-sized firm's interest in cell-based therapies in a highly supportive regulatory environment.

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New Alliance Targets Rare GI Pediatric Disorder • Source: Shutterstock

A new research alliance with Tokyo-based venture Gene Techno Science (GTS) will give Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. an entry route into cell-based therapies, an area receiving strong policy and regulatory support in Japan.

The mid-sized Japanese pharma firm is linking with GTS in a collaborative R&D project for rare and intractable disorders in the gastrointestinal area, with an

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