Monday, July 30, 2012

Novartis drug Afinitor gets EU nod for breast cancer

Novartis drug Afinitor gets EU nod for breast cancer

A man walks past the logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG in front of a plant in BaselZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis drug Afinitor, expected to become a major seller for the Swiss drugmaker, was approved by European regulators to treat women with a certain type of breast cancer, the company said on Monday. The drug is the first in a class known as mTOR inhibitors to be approved for post-menopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. American health regulators also backed the drug as a breast cancer treatment. ...



Source: news.yahoo.com

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