FDA approves new drug for advanced melanoma
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of ipilimumab for the treatment of previously treated metastatic melanoma. It is the first drug approved for metastatic, or advanced, melanoma is more than a decade.
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