Pfizer’s Rapamune Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Rare Lung Disease

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Today, Pfizer Inc. announced that US health regulators approved the first drug to treat a rare, progressive lung disease.

The company said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its Rapamune (sirolimus) for the treatment of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare, progressive disease that affects the lungs, kidneys and the lymphatic system.

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FDA approves targeted therapy for first-line treatment of patients with a type of metastatic lung cancer

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Iressa (gefitinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor specific types of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

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