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FDA Clears First Cancer Drug Based On Genetics of Disease, Not Tumor Location

24-5-2017 < Blacklisted News 66 60 words
 

Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda chalked up another approval on Tuesday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the cancer medicine can be used to treat children and adults who carry a specific genetic feature regardless of where the disease originated. It is the first time the agency has approved a cancer treatment based solely on a genetic biomarker.

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