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FDA OKs first generic for Gleevec leukemia pill

2015-12-04 19:54:52| Chemicals - Topix.net

" U.S. regulators have approved the first generic version of one of the first very effective " and expensive " cancer drugs, Gleevec, which costs about $10,000 a month. The Food and Drug Administration granted a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. approval to sell generic Gleevec, known as imatinib mesylate, in 100-milligram and 400-milligram pills for chronic myeloid leukemia.

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