Here are five latest drugs or medical devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration this week.
1. Clinicians can use Faxitron's Localizer device to identify breast lumps for removal prior to surgery.
2. Tymlos is used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of a fracture or who have not responded to similar therapies.
3. Rydapt is used to treat acute myeloid leukemia, along with several other blood disorders, including aggressive systemic mastocytosis and mast cell leukemia.
4. Alunbrig is used as a second-line treatment for patients with metastastic non-small cell lung cancer who are already taking Pfizer's drug crizotinib — the standard treatment for the disease.
5. Imfinzi is used to treat patients with advanced cancer bladder whose illness has advanced despite chemotherapy.
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