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Jan 2025
35m 23s

DFMO FDA Approval with Dr. Nicole Drezne...

Solving Kids' Cancer
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In this episode Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel are joined by FDA's Dr. Nicole Drezner, pediatric oncologist and the Deputy Division Director of the Division of Oncology 2 who led the FDA review and publication on the approval of DFMO. Listen in on the discussion surrounding the historic approval of DFMO, the first ever oncology drug approved in the ... Show More
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