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Medivation, Inc. (MDVN: Quote) and Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that Astellas has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application or MAA to the European Medicines Agency or EMA for enzalutamide (formerly MDV3100) for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have been previously treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy.

Enzalutamide is an oral, once-daily investigational agent that is an androgen receptor signaling inhibitor. A New Drug Application or NDA has been submitted in the United States, where priority review of the compound has been requested.

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