J&J/Janssen win OK for Sylvant; 1st US drug in Castleman's
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Executive Summary
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen gained FDA approval on 23 April for Sylvant (siltuximab), the first drug in the US to treat patients with multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD), a rare blood disorder in which lymphocytes are over-produced, leading to enlarged lymph nodes, and which also can affect the lymphoid tissue of internal organs, causing the liver, spleen or other organs to enlarge.
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