U.S. FDA approves Genmab-AbbVie's blood cancer therapy

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AbbVie Inc and Danish drugmaker Genmab's blood cancer therapy for adult patients who have received at least two prior lines of treatment, the companies said on Friday.

blood cancer therapy for adult patients who have received at least two prior lines of treatment, the companies said on Friday.

It is the first-of-its-kind therapy to be approved by the FDA for the disease which annually affects 150,000 people globally.glofitamab is under review by the FDA as a treatment for the same set of patients for which Epkinly has been approved.

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