FDA’s approval of the hedgehog inhibitor Erivedge (vismodegib) for patients with advanced basal cell cancer is the first for the drug classand a transformational event for Lexington, Mass., biotech Curis Inc.
The approval, which came more than a month before its priority review PDUFA date, was announced Jan. 30 by Curis and Genentech Inc., a member of the Roche Group,...