FDA approves lung cancer drug
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a cancer drug made by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have undergone chemotherapy.
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A second-line drug to treat a life-threatening form of leukemia has won federal approval, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.
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MADISON, NJ - Pharmaceutical firm Wyeth said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) granted fast-track status to its experimental cancer drug temsirolimus as an initial treatment for patients with advanced kidney cancer.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of the widely used cancer drug Taxol that is easier to administer and avoids some side effects.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration said on Wednesday it had approved Amgen Inc's   drug Vectibix for the treatment of advanced colon cancer.
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A once-a-month drug for treating  multiple sclerosis that appears to cut relapses of the  autoimmune disorder was approved on Tuesday by the U.S. Food  and Drug Administration.
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A drug currently prescribed to combat advanced breast cancer can now be used to help prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday.
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Europe approves the pharmaceutical's new drug to help smokers quit.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved a cancer drug made by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have undergone chemotherapy.
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Roche Holding, the drug company, has received European Union approval for its colon cancer treatment Avastin.
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A Merck &amp; Co. Inc. drug received federal approval Friday to treat a slow-growing cancer that affects infection-fighting white blood cells. The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, Zolinza, to treat advanced cases of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a rare cancer that's a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Roughly 20,000 Americans have the cancer, Merck said.
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Alimta receives approval to treat most common form of lung cancer; has expected sales of $700 million.
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Shares of Cotherix Inc. leaped Thursday, after the US Food and Drug Administration approved its inhalant for patients with most types of pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pediatric leukemia drug developed by Southern Research Institute of Birmingham. It is the first new treatment in a decade for children who have been stricken with the life-threatening disease.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc won U.S. approval for a once-a-day breast cancer pill on Tuesday that the drugmaker hopes will launch a new era for its oncology business.
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New data presented today confirm that advanced lung cancer patients canlook forward to better-quality survival when treated with Alimta(R)(pemetrexed), a newly approved anticancer agent in the European Unioncompared with Taxotere(R) (docetaxel).
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An anti-fungal drug received federal approval Monday for use in patients whose weakened immune systems make it difficult for them to fight infection.