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Daiichi Sankyo has licensed an early-stage pipeline heart drug from KAI Pharmaceuticals

January 12, 2006   Categories: Uncategorized  Posted by admin

Daiichi Sankyo has signed a deal worth up to $340 million with KAI Pharmaceuticals for the global development and commercialization of KAI-9803, an experimental treatment for the prevention of myocardial tissue death. While this could represent an astute move by Daiichi to boost its cardio business, it could also be seen as a desperate pipeline-filling attempt following CS-505’s recent failure.

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