Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc. won the FDA's approval on Oct. 22 to market Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), an topoisomerase inhibitor, as a treatment in combination with fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin for patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas after disease progression following gemcitabine-based therapy.
Andrea Wang-Gillam, an associate professor of medicine and clinical director of GI oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine...