Common heart drug repurposed to treat rare cancer in Europe

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 10:51 in Health & Medicine

A drug that's commonly used to treat high blood pressure is being repurposed for a rare tissue cancer in Europe. The medication, named propranolol, was recently granted Orphan Drug Designation by the European Commission (EC).

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