Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2017
By: Angela Stark
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to include the treatment of certain adult patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD), a rare cancer of the blood. Zelboraf is indicated to treat patients whose cancer cells have a specific genetic mutation known as BRAF V600. This is the first FDA-approved treatment for ECD.
“Today’s approval of Zelboraf for patients with ECD…
