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In a surprise approval, FDA green-lights Incyte's PD-1 inhibitor to treat rare cancer type

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  • cafead   Mar 22, 2023 at 09:42: PM
via Sometimes, the second time is the charm. After a 2021 complete response letter from the FDA for approval in a different indication, the agency has now green-lit Incyte’s intravenous drug, Zynyz. The drug got the go-ahead through the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway for metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC).

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