Gleevec in Podcasts

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Gleevec is a targeted cancer therapy drug approved by the FDA in 2001.

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Short Wave

Without this pill, lots of people would be dead

And there was another one, Gleevec, though, of course, it was still being studied and didn't have that name yet.

Short Wave

Without this pill, lots of people would be dead

So the drug is called Gleevec, and May 10th marks 25 years since the Food and Drug Administration first approved it.