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Roche Holding AG to Ask FDA to Approve Targeted Breast Cancer Drug Early

April 15, 2010 | 
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Bloomberg -- Roche Holding AG will this year ask U.S. health regulators to approve its T-DM1 experimental breast cancer treatment, a medicine the company says may generate more than 2 billion Swiss francs ($1.89 billion) in annual sales.
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