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Australia venture teams with Fujifilm for stem cell therapy

Cynata to run trials in Japan and US for transplant patients

Cynata Therapeutics' stem-cell-based treatment can help leukemia patients fight complications from bone marrow transplants.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Cynata Therapeutics will start clinical trials in Japan and the U.S. on a stem-cell-based treatment for transplant patients under a licensing agreement with Fujifilm Holdings, the Australian medical venture's CEO said Friday.

The agreement with Fujifilm, which holds a 10%-plus stake in Cynata, will be signed this fiscal year, with clinical trials to enter their second phase in fiscal 2019, Ross Macdonald told reporters.

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