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ATA News Release 2007

FDA Approves Thyrogen® For Use In Thyroid Cancer Ablation
(December 17, 2007)

Genzyme Corp. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental indication for Thyrogen® (thyrotropin alfa for injection) to be used in combination with radioiodine to ablate, or destroy, the remaining thyroid tissue in patients who have had their cancerous thyroids removed.

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