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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abraxane for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in January 2005 for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within six months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline unless clinically contraindicated.

Genta announces preliminary results from study of Genasense Injection for advanced melanoma

20. November 2009 09:02
Genta Incorporated announced preliminary results that show a high objective response rate in a pilot study of patients with advanced melanoma that incorporates the Company’s lead oncology product, Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection, administered for the first time as a 1-hour high-dose intravenous (IV) infusion. [More]

Comprehensive report on world cancer therapies market

20. November 2009 01:37
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4b82d8/cancer_therapies) has announced the addition of the "Cancer Therapies - Global Market Opportunities" report to their offering. [More]

Press conference highlights emerging treatments in pancreatic cancer

18. November 2009 03:30
As part of the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Thompson will moderate a press conference on emerging treatments in pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in Room 202 of the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass., from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. [More]

Abraxis BioScience reports $96.6 million net revenues for third quarter of 2009

5. November 2009 23:20
Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a fully integrated biotechnology company, today reported unaudited financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2009. [More]

FDA grants Abraxis BioScience orphan drug designation for ABRAXANE

5. November 2009 08:38
Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to the chemotherapy agent ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer as well as stage IIB-IV melanoma. [More]

Abraxis Health dedicates its new manufacturing facility in Phoenix

5. November 2009 02:36
Abraxis Health, a fully-integrated personalized healthcare division of Abraxis BioScience, Inc., today announced the dedication of its new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The state of the art biopharma manufacturing plant represents a $70 million investment by LA-based Abraxis, and will create up to 200 high tech jobs. [More]

Reportlinker's report analyzes the global market for cancer therapies

11. September 2009 03:15
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. [More]

Report on worldwide markets for lung cancer therapeutics

9. September 2009 05:56
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Lung Cancer Therapeutics [More]

Analysis of nanomedicine in global market

9. September 2009 04:49
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Nanomedicine [More]

Abraxane prolongs survival in metastatic breast cancer

26. May 2009 16:53
Research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has found that a less toxic, solvent-free chemotherapy drug more effectively prevents the progression of metastatic breast cancer and has fewer side effects than a commonly used solvent-based drug. [More]

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Two new clinical trials show promise for basal cell carcinoma and pancreatic cancer

16. April 2008 09:29
Clinical researchers at Scottsdale Healthcare and TGen have announced the results of two clinical trials that show promise for patients battling cancer. [More]

Study looks at breast-cancer drug called Abraxane for bladder cancer

27. February 2008 21:53
As many as half of patients with superficial bladder cancer do not respond to the standard first-line chemotherapy placed into the bladder, according to current multi-center outcomes data. [More]

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New York Times examines efforts to obtain FDA approval for Abraxane to treat earlier-stage cancer

5. October 2006 18:52
The New York Times has examined efforts by the pharmaceutical company Abraxis BioScience to obtain FDA approval for its late-stage breast cancer drug Abraxane as a treatment for earlier-stage breast cancer. [More]

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Key parameters for encapsulating drugs in nanoparticles

2. October 2006 19:03
One of the early, successful uses of nanoparticles has been to develop delivery vehicles capable of ferrying large amounts of water-insoluble drugs to tumors. [More]

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Herceptin-linked nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy

17. July 2006 19:46
Albumin nanoparticles have recently proven their mettle as anticancer agents with the 2005 approval of Abraxane to treat metastatic breast cancer. [More]

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