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U.S. FDA Panel Rejects FDA and Genentech (South SF)'s (JOBS) Xolair Asthma Drug for Children

November 19, 2009 | 
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Reuters -- Roche and Novartis's asthma drug Xolair should not be approved for children aged 6 to 11, a U.S. advisory panel decided on Wednesday.
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