Lung Cancer Drug Alimta Receives FDA Approval
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Eli Lilly drug Alimta, for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer in previously treated patients.
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OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. OSIP.O said  on Thursday a new drug application for its drug Tarceva, used  to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer, was accepted by  U.S. regulators for priority review.
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Sanofi-Synthelabo on Friday said it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its Eloxatin to be used with chemotherapy to treat stage 3 colon cancer.
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A breakthrough cancer drug made by a Long Island company won federal approval late Thursday in a major victory for cancer patients and the region&#39;s budding biotech industry.
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts The drug Clolar has won Food and Drug Administration approval to treat patients ages one to 21 who have exhausted other treatment options for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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NEW YORK  - Genzyme Corp. announced  Wednesday that its drug Clolar has been approved by the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of  children with difficult or relapsed acute lymphoblastic  leukemia (ALL).
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The Food and Drug Administration agreed Friday to allow a drug currently used against advanced breast cancer to be prescribed to prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease.
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WASHINGTON The first new cancer drug in ten years that is specifically designed to help children is a step closer to approval. An advisory panel at the Food and Drug Administration is recommending the use
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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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PARIS - Nov. 6, 2004 â-he FDA has approved a new application for the anticancer drug oxaliplatin for use in treating colon cancer after surgery and in combination with another chemotherapy drug.
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India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval for clarithromycin, a generic form of Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s antibiotic Biaxin, the FDA said on Saturday.
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German drugmaker Schering AG said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted its breast cancer treatment bonefos "priority review" status.
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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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Pharmaceutical firm Wyeth said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration granted fast-track status to its experimental cancer drug temsirolimus as an initial treatment for patients with advanced kidney ...
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Eli Lilly gets EVISTA approved for treating breast cancer.
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Biotech company OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. and biotech giant Genentech Inc. reported Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved their Tarceva cancer treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell
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Indianapolis, November 1 (ots/PRNewswire) - New data presented today confirm that advanced lung cancer patients can look forward to better-quality survival when treated with Alimta(R) (pemetrexed), a newly approved anticancer agent in the European Union