Merck's Gardasil may give wider cancer protection
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The world's first cervical cancer  vaccine may give wider protection against the killer disease  than previously thought, researchers said on Sunday.
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A food extract could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug, research suggests.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast-cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Making a cholesterol drug available over the counter could give millions of Americans a new option to reduce the risk of heart disease and provide a major public health benefit, drugmaker Merck & Co Inc argued to a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc's cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix faces a delay in winning approval in the United States, putting it further behind Merck & Co Inc's rival product Gardasil.
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An experimental treatment that harnesses the immune system to attack tumors can extend the lives of men fighting advanced prostate cancer, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Merck & Co Inc. won U.S. approval for a new drug to treat a rare and slow-growing skin cancer, health officials said on Friday.
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc.  boosted its 2007 earnings forecast on Wednesday, citing higher-than-expected sales of multiple products, including its cancer vaccine Gardasil and diabetes drug Januvia.
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Biotechnology company Rigel  Pharmaceuticals Inc. RIGL.O has entered into a collaboration  pact with drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N to find treatments  for cancer and potentially other diseases, Rigel said on  Monday.
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Washington - Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - An experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease, new research indicates.
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Homosexual men in Britain are requesting treatment with Merck & Co Inc's new HPV vaccine Gardasil, with dozens immunized in recent weeks, a London clinic said on Friday.
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Doctors have long known that certain variations of genes boost the risk of breast cancer, but a new study says there is also a gene variant that offers modest protection against the disease.
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc.   boosted its 2007 earnings forecast on Wednesday, citing  higher-than-expected sales of multiple products, including its  cancer vaccine Gardasil and diabetes drug Januvia.
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A prostate cancer "vaccine" made by  Dendreon Corp. can help patients with severe, advanced disease  live a little bit longer, U.S. researchers reported on  Wednesday.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc&#39;s experimental vaccine was effective against a virus that causes cervical cancer in a study, the first to show the treatment may provide protection against the No.
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The FDA asks for more data about Avastin, which could be used to treat various cancers.