EU OKs Roche Colon Cancer Drug Avastin
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Friday that the European Union's executive body had approved its cancer drug Avastin.
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Genentech Inc.  on Monday said its colon cancer drug Avastin extended the life of patients when used in combination with a chemotherapy regimen called FOLFOX4 more than the chemotherapy alone in a late stage clinical trial.
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The commonly used cancer drug Avastin helped slow tumor growth in patients with advanced forms of lung cancer, the leading cancer killer worldwide, a study presented on Saturday found.
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An acne-like rash is good news for colon cancer patients because it shows that a targeted therapy for the disease is working, Belgian scientists said on Thursday.
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Genentech Inc colon and lung cancer drug Avastin, along with standard chemotherapy, increases survival rates of patients with a very deadly type of brain tumor, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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The Swiss drug giant Roche said it had won approval in Switzerland for a new cancer drug Avastin and hoped to get the go-ahead in over 90 other countries, including the European Union, soon.
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The European Medicines Agency has  recommended conditional approval of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's new  breast cancer pill Tykerb, Europe's biggest drugmaker said on  Friday.
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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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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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Merck & Co Inc's Gardasil, the first   vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, has been approved for sale   in the Europe Union, the joint venture that will market the   product in Europe said on Friday.
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The government and Genentech are warning doctors that Avastin, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, increases patients' risk of potentially lethal heart ailments.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Net profit at Roche Holding AG  rose 34 percent to 9.17 billion Swiss francs ($7.33 billion) in 2006 due to strong sales of cancer treatments Herceptin and Avastin, just ahead of analysts' expectations.
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Genentech Inc. on Monday said its colon cancer drug Avastin extended the life of patients when used in combination with a chemotherapy regimen called FOLFOX4 more than the chemotherapy alone in a late stage clinical trial.
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EU approval opens new markets for the cancer drug that could edge out the competition by lowering overall medical costs.
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GlaxoSmithKline won permission yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration to sell a tumor-growth inhibitor called Tykerb to treat 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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An acne-like rash may be good news for  colon cancer patients because it shows that a targeted therapy  for the disease is working, Belgian scientists said on  Thursday.