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Dear Doctor Letter (Rote-Hand-Brief) on Xofigo® (radium 223 dichloride): contraindicated in combination with abiraterone acetate and prednisolone/prednisone

Active substance: radium 223 dichloride

The company Bayer AG issues information that an interim analysis of the randomised clinical trial in patients with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer has shown an increased risk of deaths and fractures in patients receiving radium 223 dichloride (Xofigo®) in combination with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga®) and prednisone/prednisolone.

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