Showing posts with label non-hodgkin lymphoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label non-hodgkin lymphoma. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2015

FDA expands approved use of Imbruvica for rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare form of cancer that begins in the body’s immune system. The drug received a breakthrough therapy designation for this use.