Friday, January 28, 2011

FDA OKs Rituxan as cancer maintenance treatment

NEW YORK (AP) — Biogen Idec Inc. and Genentech said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved an additional use for blockbuster cancer drug Rituxan as a first-line maintenance treatment for patients with follicular lymphoma, a cancer of the blood.
Biogen and Genentech, which is part of Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche Group, said the disease is considered incurable and is characterized by

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