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Breakthrough Melanoma
Drug Approved

First in a New Class of “Targeted” Treatments.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug – the first of its kind – for the treatment of inoperable or advanced metastatic (spreading) melanoma. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.

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New Treatment for Advanced Melanoma

On March 25, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a breakthrough melanoma treatment called Yervoy (ipilimumab). Not only is this the first melanoma drug to receive FDA approval in 13 years, but it's the first therapy proven to extend overall survival for advanced stage melanoma patients.

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