Overriding safety concerns, FDA approves Karyopharm cancer drug

Federal regulators set aside their previous safety and effectiveness concerns and approved a cancer drug from Newton biotech Karyopharm Therapeutics, giving the company its first commercial product.   Karyopharm (Nasdaq: KPTI) will have to launch the drug without Chief Commercial Officer Anand Varadan, however. Varadan resigned from his position this week, according to a federal filing that coincided with the news of the drug approval. He was replaced by Senior Vice President Perry Monaco. Th e company…
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