Kyowa Kirin acquires Asian rights to Reata's lead drug
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Reata Pharmaceuticals has licensed its lead development project bardoxolone methyl (RTA 402) to Kyowa Hakko Kirin for development and commercialisation in Japan and other Asian markets.
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