Bristol-Myers Squibb Drug Counters Gleevec Resistance
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(12/06/04)âThe excitement that surrounded the approval in 2001 of Novartisâ rationally designed drug Gleevec, for the treatment chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), was tinged by observations
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Two experimental drugs could offer hope to leukemia patients who no longer benefit from Gleevec, says research presented Sunday at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego.
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Scientists have launched a pre-emptive attack against the development of resistance to breast cancer treatments.
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German and Swiss drug makers Schering and Novartis are developing a new anti-cancer drug with annual sales potential of up to two billion euros (2.7 billion dollars), Schering chief Hubertus Erlen said.
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BOSTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Data to be presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) demonstrated that treatment with the Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Bristol-Myers Squibb's new drug doesn't work better, but it's easier to take.
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A combination drug treatment that includes Tykerb, know generically as lapatinib, appears to be able to fight breast cancer that has spread to the brain, GlaxoSmithKline Plc announced Sunday.
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Two experimental drugs could offer hope to leukemia patients who no longer benefit from Gleevec, the groundbreaking cancer pill, research presented Sunday in San Diego at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology shows.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Scientists have developed a compound that may be able to treat cases of chronic myelogenous leukemia that are resistant to the so-called miracle drug Gleevec.
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A new type of cancer drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., when combined with a standard chemotherapy, was significantly better than chemotherapy alone in delaying progression of advanced breast cancer, a researcher said on Sunday.
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STOCKHOLM/ZURICH  - Some seasonal influenza viruses are resistant to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu, a study showed, but Roche said no doubts had been raised about the drug's power to combat any deadly bird flu pandemic.
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Next-generation leukemia pills, designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug Gleevec, work even better than doctors had hoped, researchers said on Sunday.
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MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of three chemotherapy drugs -- pentostatin, cyclophosphamide and rituximab --  produced significant clinical response in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a study presented Sunday at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting.
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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb struggles to keep growing amid patent expirations.
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A drug widely used to treat H.I.V. infection may also be effective in fighting cancer, a new study suggests, and a human trial of the medicine is already under way.