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FDA Approves Beleodaq to Treat Rare, Aggressive Form of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Beleodaq (belinostat) for the treatment of patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), a rare and fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The action was taken under the agency’s accelerated approval program.

PTCL comprises a diverse group of rare diseases in which lymph nodes become cancerous. In 2014, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 70,800 Americans will be diagnosed with NHL and 18,990…

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