Global Approvals Snapshot: October 2019
Executive Summary
October’s approvals include the US FDA approval of Myriad’s myChoice CDx companion diagnostic for GlaxoSmithKline’s ovarian cancer drug and the approval or Medtronic’s Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system in Japan.
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