FDA Approves New Uses for Tafinlar and Mekinist for the Treatment of BRAF-Positive Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

09:50 EDT 7 May 2018 | Speciality Pharma Journal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), administered together, for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic), and has a type of abnormal gene, BRAF V600E (BRAF V600E mutation-positive). “This is the first FDA-approved …

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