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Lynparza olaparib regulatory update
December 22, 2014 8:00 AM UTC
FDA and the European Commission approved Lynparza olaparib from AstraZeneca to treat ovarian cancer. FDA granted accelerated approval to the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor to treat deleterious or suspected deleterious germline breast cancer early onset (BRCA)-mutated advanced ovarian cancer in patients who have been treated with =3 prior lines of chemotherapy. FDA concurrently approved a PMA from Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN, Salt Lake City, Utah) for BRACAnalysis CDx as the only companion diagnostic for Lynparza. ...