U.S. FDA approves Gilead blood cancer drug Zydelig

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U.S. FDA approves Gilead blood cancer drug Zydelig

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-approves-gileads-blood-cancer-drug-zydelig-162344221--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/soquf2gmnGo4DTOndI.6EA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-23T162344Z_1_LYNXMPEA6M0QW_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-PHARMACEUTICALS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring" align="left" title="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's Zydelig, a drug to treat three types of blood cancer. The FDA approved the use of Zydelig in combination with Roche AG's Rituxan for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It also approved Zydelig under a so-called accelerated approval program for relapsed follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and relapsed small lymphocytic lymphoma, when patients have received at least two prior therapies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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