FDA approves new osteoporosis drug

The Food and Drug Administration on April 28 approved Radius Health’s drug Tymlos.

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The drug is used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of a fracture or who have not responded to similar therapies.

Tymlos, an intravenous drug, carries a box warning over the risk of bone cancer.

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