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Application for Marketing Approval of Japan's First Gene Panel Test for Hematologic Malignancies

Publish: March 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Kyushu University

Kyoto University

National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center

The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

Keio University School of Medicine

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; hereinafter "Otsuka Pharmaceutical") announced today that it has filed an application for marketing approval in Japan for a gene panel test for hematologic malignancies. The test was co-designed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical and the National Cancer Center Japan (Location: Tokyo; hereinafter "National Cancer Center") and developed through a joint research consortium with the National Cancer Center, Kyushu University (Location: Fukuoka Prefecture), Kyoto University (Location: Kyoto Prefecture), the National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center (Location: Aichi Prefecture), the Advanced Clinical Research Center at The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (Location: Tokyo), and the Keio University School of Medicine (Location: Tokyo).

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