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FDA Approves First Drug For Tumor's Biomarker Indication

May 23, 2017
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The US Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a drug to be given based on the genomic features in cancer patients' tumors, instead of where the tumor occurs in their bodies.

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