Wednesday, 28 October 2015

New treatment for melanoma gets FDA approval

A genetically engineered cold sore virus has recently been approved by the FDA has a new treatment for melanoma.  According to Dr. Karen Midthun, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, this new therapy, known as Imlygic, showed promising results in a study of 436 patients; those injected with Imlygic had a 16% decrease in tumor size compared to those receiving other forms of treatment.

To read more about this study, click here.

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