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Astellas acquires R&D partner Mitobridge in $450M deal

Dec. 5, 2017

HONG KONG – Astellas Pharma Inc. is exercising its rights in a previous partnership agreement to acquire its R&D collaborator Mitobridge Inc. for $450 million.

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