U.S. Deal Boosts Radiation Drug
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For 16 years, a Columbia biotechnology company has been developing a drug, consisting of adult stem cells derived from healthy bone marrow samples, to treat severe inflammatory diseases that can destroy the body's organs.
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Shares of ID Biomedical jumped after the Canadian drug maker reported Monday that it signed long-term agreements with the three largest flu vaccine wholesalers in the United States following the current flu season&#39;s vaccine shortage.
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Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.  OSIP.O jumped 13 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after  the company's experimental drug was shown to prolong the lives  of patients with cancer of the pancreas.
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The US drug agency agreed 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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The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.
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The contract drug research company shares surged as the firm showed signs of new life.
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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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British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer.
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An international scheme to produce a controlled supply of enriched uranium wins support from the US.
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FDA advisory panel gives the nod to its heart drug.
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U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday.
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German drug maker Schering AG was  boosted on Thursday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration  granted its Bonefos treatment "priority review" for preventing  bone tumors in breast cancer patients.
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Medarex Inc., a Princeton, NJ, biotechnology company, could receive up to $510 million under a global collaboration deal it signed with New York-based Pfizer Inc.
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French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis and  Japan&#39;s Taiho Pharmaceutical said combining their S-1 oral  stomach cancer medicine with the drug cisplatin improved  chances of survival compared with S-1 alone.
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On Thursday, biotechnology companies Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. said US regulators have approved their drug Tarceva for treating the most common form of lung cancer.
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U.S. health regulators on Wednesday  approved Wyeth&#39;s drug Torisel for patients with an advanced  form of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, saying it  significantly helped them live longer.
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The regulatory approval was also a boost for the embattled drugs sector. It was feared that, following a series of safety crises, the US Food and Drug Administration would get tougher on new drugs.