Health Canada expands clinical indications for use of Zytiga in mCRPC

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Sitemaster

According to a media release issued by Janssen, Inc. (a division of Johnson & Johnson) earlier today, Health Canada has approved the use of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga®) + prednisone for the treatment of chemotherapy-naive patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

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