Thalidomide to be tested on patients as bone marrow cancer drug

Thalidomide to be tested on patients as bone marrow cancer drug

TOKYO, Japan - Two officials of Fujimoto Pharmaceutical Corp. speak at a press conference in Tokyoon July 20. They said the company will begin testing thalidomide on patients as a bone marrow cancer treatment as early as in August, more than 40 years after the agent, notorious for severe birth defects, was banned in Japan. (Kyodo)

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