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Health Canada has announced its approval of Yervoy(TM) (ipilimumab)!!!!!

Forums Cutaneous Melanoma Community Health Canada has announced its approval of Yervoy(TM) (ipilimumab)!!!!!

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    jim Breitfeller
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      VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX)

      — Health Canada has announced its approval of Yervoy(TM) (ipilimumab) to treat metastatic, or advanced, melanoma. It is the first new treatment for the disease in more than a decade, and is the only medicine proven to significantly extend the lives of patients living with the disease. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and one of the fastest growing cancers in Canada.

       

      Best regards,

       

      Jimmy B.

      VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX)

      — Health Canada has announced its approval of Yervoy(TM) (ipilimumab) to treat metastatic, or advanced, melanoma. It is the first new treatment for the disease in more than a decade, and is the only medicine proven to significantly extend the lives of patients living with the disease. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and one of the fastest growing cancers in Canada.

       

      Best regards,

       

      Jimmy B.

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