Featured Story By Nick Paul Taylor The FDA gave Protagonist Therapeutics’ rusfertide breakthrough designation last year. Now, the agency wants to take it back “based on observed malignancies,” triggering a 30% drop in Protagonist’s stock as investors scrambled to figure out the implications of the news. read more |
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