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FDA Approves Lynparza/Avastin With Myriad Genetics CDx for Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

May 11, 2020
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NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved olaparib (AstraZeneca/Merck's Lynparza) in combination with bevacizumab (Genentech's Avastin) as a maintenance regimen for advanced ovarian cancer patients who have homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) and are responding to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

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