Topic: Medical Drug Therapy
AP News | 2010-03-03 22:06:41
Experimental drug modestly boosts survival in men with advanced prostate cancer, study finds
For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found. The benefit was modest — an extra 10 weeks — but ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-25 18:16:22
CHICAGO - JUNE 30: Theraflu cold medicine is sold over-the-counter at a drugstore June 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Theraflu contains acetaminophen, an active ingredient found in many pain killers and cold medicines. Today the Food and Drug Administration's advisory ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-23 08:15:22
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding's cancer drug Avastin missed its main target in a late-stage trial when used with chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced stomach cancer, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday. Roche had indicated peak sales of the drug for the disease could have hit between 500 million and 1 billion Swiss francs ($466-$933 million), according to ...
AP News | 2010-02-18 21:58:07
<div id="subtitle">Roche's Genentech gets US OK for blockbuster blood cancer drug Rituxan to treat another cancer</div><div><p>Genentech's blockbuster blood cancer drug Rituxan was approved Thursday for a new use by the Food and Drug Administration.</p><p>The FDA said Genentech ...
