Medivation/Astellas’ Xtandi A Tough Rival For J&J’s Zytiga
Executive Summary
Medivation/Astellas’ Xtandi was approved barely a month after FDA announced it had accepted its NDA for post-chemo castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer, and the newly approved androgen blocker appears to have what it takes to unseat J&J’s market leader Zytiga.
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