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April 14, 2014
                			
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				Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
April 14, 2014 (Issue: 1440)
				The FDA has approved ibrutinib (eye broo' ti nib;
Imbruvica – Janssen/Pharmacyclics), an oral kinase
inhibitor, for second-line treatment of chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It is the first kinase inhibitor
to be approved for CLL. Ibrutinib...more
        			
        			
					
					
				
        			
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