US FDA clears new uses for two GlaxoSmithKline drugs; Tykerb and Lamictal; GSK set to announce 3,000 job cuts

1 February 2010

UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline received two pieces of good news from the US Food and Drug Administration last Friday related to its breast cancer drug Tykerb (lapatinib) and Lamictal XR (lamotrigine), currently indicated for epilepsy and for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder.

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