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Dear Doctor Letter (Rote-Hand-Brief) on Xalkori® (crizotinib): New recommendations regarding the risk of cardiac insufficiency

Active substance: crizotinib

The company Pfizer Pharma GmbH is circulating information that severe, sometimes lethal, cases of cardiac insufficiency have been reported in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC treated with crizotinib.

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