Wednesday 28 November 2012

European Medicines Agency recommends a new indication for abiraterone in the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

The European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending a variation to the terms of the marketing authorization for the medicinal product abiraterone (Zytiga). The CHMP adopted a new indication as follows: "ZYTIGA is indicated with prednisone or prednisolone for: the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer in adult men who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation therapy in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated". Read more here.

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