Confidence High As AstraZeneca Adds Asia To Benralizumab Territories

In another vote of confidence in one of its newer respiratory assets, AstraZeneca is extending to Asia its already broad rights to benralizumab, adding to a deal it already has with Kyowa Hakko Kirin for Japan.

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Following a recent biologics license application in the US, AstraZeneca PLC's confidence in the clinical and commercial prospects for its late-stage novel respiratory asset benralizumab remains high, as evidenced by a new extension of an existing alliance with Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.

The UK-based multinational has acquired exclusive rights in 13 Asian countries and regions to the interleukin-5 alpha receptor-targeting antibody in...

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