The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Koselugo, or selumetinib, to treat certain pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. The approval was given to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The FDA said neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that can cause tumors to grow on nerves, adding it is a "debilitating, progressive and often disfiguring rare disease that typically begins early in life.
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