12-12-2015 06:15 via seattletimes.com

FDA approves Genentech drug for advanced lung cancer

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an experimental Genetech drug for patients with a certain type of lung cancer who have few other options. Alecensa (AL’-eh-sehn-sah) was approved for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with a mutation in a gene called ALK who have relapsed after treatment with Pfizer Inc.’s Xalkori or […]
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