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Cerezyme rival available in trials

To offset drug deficit, FDA permits 2d plan for Gaucher patients

By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / August 18, 2009

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For the second time in two weeks, federal regulators have moved to counter the ongoing supply shortage of Cerezyme, Genzyme Corp.’s treatment for Gaucher disease, by letting doctors prescribe a rival drug before it has won approval for commercial use. (Full article: 758 words)

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