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Pralatrexate Is Approved for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Pralatrexate Is Approved for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
E Mechcatie
20090825
2009 Sept 25
Elsevier Global Medical News
Pralatrexate Is Approved for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Sept 25, E Mechcatie
Pralatrexate has been approved for use as a single agent for treating patients with refractory or relapsed peripheral T-cell lymphoma, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Sept. 25.The first treatment ever approved for this rare, often aggressive type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the new drug is expected to available in the United States in October, according to Allos Therapeutics Inc., of Westminster, Colo. Allos plans to market pralatrexate, which is administered intravenously, as Folotyn.Pralatrexate...