The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1422
August 5, 2013
Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) and Trametinib (Mekinist) for Metastatic Melanoma
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Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) and Trametinib (Mekinist) for Metastatic Melanoma
August 5, 2013 (Issue: 1422)
The FDA has approved two new oral kinase inhibitors for
treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma:
dabrafenib (Tafinlar – GSK) for melanomas with BRAF
V600E mutations and trametinib (Mekinist – GSK) for
melanomas with either BRAF V600E...more
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