Cancer Drug May Double As an Arthritis Treatment

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's best-selling cancer drug has won federal approval as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis patients for whom other, older drugs don't work, Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc. said Wednesday.

The Food and Drug Administration action comes more than eight years after the agency initially approved Rituxan to treat non- Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Cancer Drug May Double As an Arthritis Treatment

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