FDA approves Novartis’s advanced skin cancer drug

Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG&;s oral pill to treat the most common form of advanced skin cancer. The drug, Odomzo, will carry a boxed warning to alert the risks that it may cause death or severe birth defects in a developing fetus when administered to a pregnant woman. (http://1.usa.gov/1HOgvov) (Reporting by Anjali Rao Koppala in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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