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March 28, 2017 Off

FDA OK’s Tesaro’s ovarian cancer drug

By Dino Mustafić

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tesaro’s Zejula (niraparib) for the maintenance treatment (intended to delay cancer growth) of adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer, whose tumors have completely or partially shrunk (complete or partial response, respectively) in response to platinum-based chemotherapy.