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RSSGiving major relief to the patients, suffering from a rare type of blood disorder called, Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), FDA has given its nodding to a new drug called, Soliris (eculizumab). Interestingly, this is the first drug of its kind...
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