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Title: U.S. guidelines expand potential uses of J&J TB drug
Post by: riky on October 25, 2013, 09:00:19 AM
U.S. guidelines expand potential uses of J&J TB drug

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New federal guidelines expand the range of patients who might benefit from Johnson & Johnson's Sirturo drug for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the first new type of TB drug to win U.S. regulatory approval in more than 40 years. The recommendations, issued on Thursday by the U.S. ...

Source: U.S. guidelines expand potential uses of J&J TB drug (http://news.yahoo.com/u-guidelines-expand-potential-uses-j-j-tb-173306941--finance.html)