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FDA approves premarket supplement application for Novocure’s second-generation Optune system

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FDA approved a premarket approval supplement application for Novocure’s second generation Optune system. The Tumor Treating Fields delivery system is now available to glioblastoma patients in the U.S. The new model features a generator that is less than half the weight and half the size of the generator in the first generation system. Additional improvements...

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