GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) received positive news yesterday when the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted unanimously in favor of the company’s experimental kidney cancer drug, Votrient (pazopanib). Importantly, the panel voted that Votrient can benefit patients by slowing the disease, despite some risk of liver damage. We believe the company may be asked to submit data from ongoing studies to ensure that liver toxicity associated with the use o

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