New treatment for rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma approved in Japan

30 March 2017
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UK-based Mundipharma has received the green light from Japanese regulators to market Mundesine (forodesine hydrochloride), the first regulatory approval for the novel therapy.

Mundesine has been developed to treat PTCL, a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It’s estimated that up to 15% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases are of this kind.

In Japan, forodesine hydrochloride was designated as an orphan drug for PTCL in 2008.

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