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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals was an American biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Irvine, California, focused on developing and commercializing treatments for oncology and hematology. It was acquired by Jazz Pharmaceuticals in 2022.

Source: https://www.jazzpharma.com

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eflapegrastimRolvedon
long-acting G-CSF analogue

Rolvedon (eflapegrastim) is a long-acting G-CSF analogue that stimulates the bone marrow to make neutrophils. Given after myelosuppressive chemotherapy for non-myeloid cancers, it shortens the period of low white cells and reduces febrile neutropenia.

Many chemotherapy drugs lower the number of neutrophils, the white blood cells that fight bacteria, leaving patients at risk of serious infection. Efl