Onyx Posts Positive Results for New Cancer Drug

Onyx Posts Positive Results for New Cancer Drug
Onyx Pharma reports encouraging results for cancer drug carfilzomib in mid-stage trial Cancer – Multiple myeloma – Onyx Pharmaceuticals – Health – Conditions and Diseases
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FDA Ruling On Avastin A ‘Critical Test’ For Agency, New York Times Editorial Says
The recent “flameout” of the breast cancer drug Avastin “will pose a critical test” on whether FDA will “have the courage to reverse course when a medical treatment that it approved based on preliminary evidence flops badly in follow-up studies,” the New York Times says in an editorial. In 2008, FDA granted Genetech’s Avastin “accelerated approval” to treat breast cancers that have spread to …
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Study confirms benefit and safety of extending treatment window for stroke to 4.5 hours
Extension of the timeframe for alteplase treatment after acute stroke from 3 hours up to 4.5 hours is a safe option and has not resulted in delayed treatment of patients. The longer time window offers an opportunity to patients who cannot be treated earlier, but the benefits quickly lessen with time, and patients should be treated as early as possible. These are the conclusions of an Article …
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