Vedanta Phase II Data Position It To Chase Seres In C. Difficile Recurrence
Executive Summary
Vedanta thinks its live biotherapeutic sourced from clonal cell banking could offer strong prevention against C. difficile infections after antibiotics have cleared an initial infection.
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