Balversa, the first targeted anticancer drug for bladder can
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22.11.26 06:00:32
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approves Balversa, a targeted treatment for FGFR
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Targeted options targeting specific genetic mutations in bladder cancer have emerged for the first time. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 24th that it had approved Janssen's Balversa. It is an indication of metastatic urinary epithelial cancer (cystic cancer) with at least one type of chemotherapy treatment, or FGFR2 or 3 mutations within 12 months of adjuvant treatment before and after surgery, including platinum-based chemotherapy. Bladder cancer is representative cancer that had no targeted anticancer drugs. Balversa has become the first targeted anticancer drug for bladder cancer with a new mechanism called FGFR inhibition. FGFR is one of the bio-signals involved in cancer cell growth and is a
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