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Read More at Wikipedia ›Adding the cancer drug Avastin to a treatment regimen for women with advanced ovarian cancer helped extend the time before the disease progressed, according to a new study that will be presented Saturday.
Avastin, made by Roche's (RHHBY, ROG.VX) Genentech unit, is a drug designed to shut down blood vessels that fuel tumor growth.The drug is approved in the U.S. to treat colon, lung and other cancers, typically in addition to chemotherapy. Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the approval of the drug for use in advanced breast cancer, saying the drug carried potentially life-threatening side effects and didn't appear to slow the progression of breast cancer.Roche has sponsored four clinical studies testing Avastin for use in treating ovarian cancer. Data from one of those studies will be presented Saturday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago.The study involved 361 patients whose disease had been previously treated with platinum-base...German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG (BAYN.XE) Thursday confirmed it sees peak annual sales of its Xarelto drug above EUR2 billion after a U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel narrowly voted against expanded use of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) and Bayer AG's (BAYRY, BAYN.XE) anticlotting drug Xare...
German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG's (BAYN.XE) HealthCare unit Wednesday said it applied for marketing authorization in the E.U. and the U.S. for its oral drug R...
A Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer recommended the agency not approve a drug developed by a Pfizer Inc. (PFE) subsidiary to treat a rare genetic disorde...
Author Roger Bate on the growing dangers associated with imported ingredients in pharmaceuticals.
University of Maryland Economist Peter Morici on the potential risks from Chinese acquisitions of U.S. companies.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said its drug Simponi improved symptoms in a majority of patients with an inflammatory-bowel disease in a new clinical trial.The results, rel...
A Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer recommended the agency expand the approval of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) and Bayer AG's (BAYRY, BAYN.XE) anticlotting ...
A Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer recommended the agency expand the approval of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) and Bayer AG's (BAYRY, BAYN.XE) anticlotting ...
Orasure Technologies CEO Douglas Michels on efforts to get FDA approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test and make it available to consumers by the summer.
Here's what's making health news this morning:New Bid to Prevent Alzheimer's Early (WSJ): An Alzheimer's drug to be tested mostly on an extended family predisposed t...
The FDA says the only oral multiple-sclerosis drug on the market -- Novartis's Gilenya -- shouldn't be used in patients with a recent history of stroke or some heart...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's rejection of a request to change the name of high-fructose corn syrup to "corn sugar" unleashed a torrent of responses from i...
Illinois State Rep. Jim Durkin on an audit showing the state’s college tuition savings program is $560 million short of its projected obligations.
A Delaware court has ruled in favor of Pronova BioPharma ASA (PRON.OS, PVNAY), upholding two patents for its heart drug Lovaza against Par Pharmaceutical Cos. (PRX) ...
Mylan Inc. (MYL) has launched a generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE) blockbuster cholesterol Lipitor after receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit said its supplemental new drug application for a once-daily oral treatment of Prezista to treat HIV received a preliminary rejection f...
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. (500359.BY) said Monday Canadian partner Cipher Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (DND.T) has received U.S. regulatory approval to make and sell a paten...
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said a clinical study submitted by Pfizer Inc. (PFE) for a drug to treat a rare genetic disorder that affects the nervo...
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