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Bayer Files for Approval of Radioactive Anticancer Agent in US and Europe

December 20, 2012
Bayer HealthCare of Germany has announced that it filed new drug applications (NDAs) to the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for radium-223 dichloride, a therapeutic alpha ray radioactive agent, for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)…

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