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Swiss authorities approve licence extension of Novartis' Glivec drug.(company license detail)(Brief Article)
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Switzerland's health authority Swissmedic has given the Swiss-based pharmaceuticals group Novartis AG approval to market its Glivec drug as a treatment of adult patients with gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), a malignant form of sarcoma.
Glivec is already approved in Switzerland and several other countries as a treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia. The drug's mechanism of action involves a selective inhibition of enzymes that are responsible for the growth of …
