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FDA Approves New Treatment for Most Common Type of Skin Cancer

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2012. Today, Erivedge (vismodegib) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult patients with basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer. The drug is intended for use in patients with locally advanced basal cell cancer who are not candidates for surgery or radiation and for patients whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).

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Erivedge, reviewed under the agency’s priority review…

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