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FDA approves Mimrylo for polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer

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The FDA approved rusfertide (Mimrylo), a weekly injection developed by Protagonist Therapeutics and sold by Takeda, to treat polycythemia vera, a chronic blood cancer in which overproduction of red blood cells thickens blood and increases risk of heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots.

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