Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for cancer drug Ibrutinib
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Ahmedabad: Drugmaker, Zydus Cadila, today announced that the company has received tentative approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Ibrutinib Tablets, in the strengths of 140 mg, 280 mg, 420 mg and 560 mg (US RLD: Imbruvica Tablets).
Ibrutinib belongs to a class of drugs known as kinase inhibitors and is used to treat certain cancers, such as mantle cell lymphoma or marginal zone lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
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