AstraZeneca received FDA approval for Faslodex (fulvestrant), a treatment for hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose cancer progresses despite treatment with anti-estrogen drugs, such as tamoxifen. The market for breast cancer drugs in the United States, according to AZ, is valued at more than $1 billion.
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