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Astellas’ Padcev Receives Bladder Cancer Nod in Europe
Astellas Pharma said on April 14 that its antibody drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) was approved in Europe as a monotherapy for the treatment of certain patients with advanced urothelial cancer, the most common type of bladder cancer. The…
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