Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA approved its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for PROGRAF? (tacrolimus) for the prevention of organ rejection in adult and pediatric lung transplant recipients.
Recipients of a lung transplant, especially a single lung transplant, have an elevated risk for lung cancer, particularly in the native lung, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in the?American Journal of Transplantation......