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Velcade withdrawn from combination treatment of Follicular Lymphoma

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Last updated: 8th Oct 2011
Published: 8th Oct 2011
Source: Pharmawand
Millennium Pharma, the subsidiary of Takeda specialising in oncology, will withdraw its supplemental new drug application to the FDA seeking a new use of Velcade (bortezomib) in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) from Genentech/Biogen Idec as a treatment for patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma.
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