Epizyme’s Tazverik Gets To Market In Rare Sarcoma, Paving Way To Bigger Indications
Executive Summary
Accelerated approval in epithelioid sarcoma may de-risk the firm’s goals for approval of Tazverik in follicular lymphoma and other larger indications.
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