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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 535–536 (1 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrd2924

Everolimus

Michael B. Atkins , Uma Yasothan & Peter Kirkpatrick

In March 2009, everolimus (Afinitor; Novartis), an inhibitor of mTOR, was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of patients with advanced kidney cancer.