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Plus Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of its Investigational New Drug Application using REYOBIQTM for the Treatment of Childhood Brain Cancer
Phase 1/2a clinical trial currently supported by a $3.0 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Trial will enroll children with high grade glioma and ependymoma HOUSTON, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plus Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTV) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing targeted radiotherapeutics with advanced platform technologies for central nervous system (CNS) cancers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has clear
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