KOSELUGO® (selumetinib) Approved by FDA for Pediatric Patients Two Years and Older With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Symptomatic, Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas
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KENILWORTH, N.J.
First Medicine Approved to Treat This Rare and Debilitating Condition
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the kinase inhibitor KOSELUGO (selumetinib) for the treatment of pediatric patients two years of age and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (PN).
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