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FDA approves drug that uses herpes virus to fight cancer

2015-10-28 17:54:23| Biotech - Topix.net

The Food and Drug Administration approved the injectable drug from Amgen Inc. for patients with hard-to-treat melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer that is expected to be diagnosed in 74,000 U.S. patients this year. For now, the drug is only approved for melanoma tumors that cannot be removed surgically.

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