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Clinigen and Eisai partner to offer Halaven for metastatic breast cancer in South Africa Eisai has partnered with Clinigen Group to distribute Halaven (eribulin) in South Africa for the treatment of women with metastatic breast cancer. Discovered and developed by Eisai, Eribulin is a synthetic variant of microtubule dynamics inhibitor halichondrin B, designed to inhibit the growth phase of microtubule dynamics to prevent cell division. Eribulin is currently indicated in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer and for adult patients with unresectable liposarcoma. Sanofi, Lonza enter into Joint Venture to prod...