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FDA rejects new indication for Spectrum drug

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Old 10-09-2009, 09:54 AM
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Default FDA rejects new indication for Spectrum drug

The FDA declined to approve a supplementary marketing application for Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' cancer drug Fusilev. Currently approved for bone cancer, the company was hoping it could expand the drug's indications to include advanced metastatic colorectal cancer. Spectrum said it will request a meeting with the agency to discuss further approval of the drug. The company's shares dropped 17 percent this morning on the news. Article


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