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In a 6-6 vote, ODAC says “maybe” to Sutent for adjuvant kidney cancer—
But at FDA “Maybe” has meaningWith frustrating photo finish voting results—6-6—still on the screen, FDA's cancer czar Richard Pazdur delivered an acerbic thank-you to members of the agency's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee:“Well, that's the end vote, it makes our job definitely easier,” said Pazdur, director of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence, who gets sarcastic sometimes.
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
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