Minute Insight: FDA Approves First Fluorescent Imaging Agent For Ovarian Cancer

On Target Laboratories’ Cytalux (pafolacianine) is now approved for adult patients with ovarian cancer as an adjunct for intraoperative identification of malignant lesions.

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On Target Laboratories’ Cytalux (pafolacianine) is approved as an intravenous drug that makes ovarian cancer tissues easier to see during cytoreductive surgery.

“By supplementing current methods of detecting ovarian cancer during surgery, Cytalux offers health care professionals an additional imaging approach for patients with ovarian cancer,” said Alex Gorovets, deputy director of...

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