FDA approves Perjeta for neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment

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Title: FDA approves Perjeta for neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment

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FDA approves Perjeta for neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment

09/30/2013 11:36 AM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Perjeta (pertuzumab) as part of a complete treatment regimen for patients with early stage breast cancer before surgery (neoadjuvant setting). Perjeta is the first FDA-approved drug for the neoadjuvant treatment of breast cancer.

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