US, Japan drugmakers target ALS-causing genes with new therapies

Biogen, Otsuka and others find novel ways to fight debilitating disease

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Biogen released a drug that acts on a protein that can cause ALS in Japan in March. (Biogen)

HINAKO BANNO

TOKYO -- New treatments for ALS are progressing little by little, with companies like U.S.-based Biogen and Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical working to give hope to patients of the incurable disease.

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