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FDA Approves Zykadia for Late-stage Lung Cancer

Breakthrough therapy drug approved four months ahead of review completion goal date

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Zykadia (ceritinib) for patients with a certain type of late-stage (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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Zykadia is an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor that blocks proteins that promote the development of cancerous cells. It is intended for patients with metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC who were…

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