News
FDA Approves Axitinib for Advanced Kidney Cancer
FDA Approves Axitinib for Advanced Kidney Cancer
E Mechcatie
20120027
2012 Jan 27
Elsevier Global Medical News
FDA Approves Axitinib for Advanced Kidney Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2012 Jan 27, E Mechcatie
Axitinib, a kinase inhibitor, received approval for the treatment of advanced renal cell cancer and is the seventh drug approved for metastatic or advanced kidney cell cancer since 2005, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Jan. 27."Collectively, this unprecedented level of drug development within this time period has significantly altered the treatment paradigm of metastatic kidney cancer, and offers patients multiple treatment options," Dr. Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA's Office...