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Draft NICE guidance recommends Firmagon for Prostate Cancer-Ferring Pharma

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Last updated:30th Dec 2013
Published:30th Dec 2013
Source: Pharmawand

NICE has issued new draft guidance recommending Firmagon (degarelix), from Ferring Pharmaceuticals, as an option for treating Prostate Cancer in people with spinal metastases who are at risk of impending spinal cord compression. The treatment has been approved for Prostate Cancer in the US and EU since 2008.

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