Word: avastin
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...AVASTIN Avastin could become the first of a new class of cancer drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors, which tackle tumors by thwarting their ability to create blood vessels. Because Genentech has requested fast-track consideration from the FDA, the agency should decide by early next year whether to approve Avastin for treating colorectal cancer...
...market started to find its footing last July, U.S. biotech shares have risen 57%. Another bubble? Not necessarily. Many of the companies have marched steadily closer to bringing products to market. MedImmune's inhalable flu preventive FluMist was approved in mid-June. In May, Genentech's colon-cancer drug Avastin stunned scientists with its effectiveness in trials and is widely expected to be approved soon. Dozens of other products are in the works. "We're starting to see the fruits of biotech research," says Kenneth Carter, ceo of Avalon Pharmaceuticals, which is working on three cancer drugs. The excitement owes...
...stock market started to find its footing last July, biotech shares have risen 57%. Another bubble? Not necessarily. Many of the companies have marched steadily closer to bringing products to market. MedImmune's inhalable flu preventive FluMist was approved two weeks ago. In May, Genentech's colon-cancer drug Avastin stunned scientists with its effectiveness in trials and is widely expected to be approved soon. Dozens of other products are in the works. "We're starting to see the fruits of biotech research," says Kenneth Carter, CEO of Avalon Pharmaceuticals, which is working on three cancer drugs...
...Avastin, made by San-Francisco-based Genentech Inc., is injected into patients and acts as a honing missile that neutralizes a protein that redirects blood flow to tumors...
...development of Avastin only took six years—a pace Li described as “break-neck speed...