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FDA says Roche cancels heart transplant study

WASHINGTON
Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:14pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG had ended its study of heart transplant patients after a higher than expected rate of acute organ rejection was found, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.

Health  |  Regulatory News

The FDA said patients in the trial were switched from a regimen of calcineurin inhibitor and the company's immunosupressant drug CellCept to the immunosupressant drug sirolimus and CellCept.

Sirolimus is sold by Wyeth under the brand name Rapamune.



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