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Can-Fite: FDA Approved Compassionate Use Treatment with Namodenoson in a Pancreatic Cancer Patient
Ramat Gan, Israel, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE American: CANF) (TASE: CANF), a biotechnology company developing a pipeline of proprietary small molecule drugs targeting oncological and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it received a single FDA approval for the compassionate use treatment of a U.S. based pancreatic cancer patient with its anti-cancer drug Namodenoson. Compassionate use is the term used when a physician is requesting for a single pati
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