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The Anti-Cancer Strategist Oncology specialist Judah Folkman pioneered a new treatment: Starve the tumor   |
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June 13, 2005
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Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
William Looney |
Curative Powers of Collaboration Napoleone Ferrara's career in medicine is an illustration of the maxim that stretching the boundaries of science is a leap in the dark. |
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May 8, 2009
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Investing Against Breast Cancer Many companies are interested in both a cure and a large lucrative market. Which are the best investments now in this sector? |
Scientific American
March 2009
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A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Scrutinizes T Cells With just a blood sample, a device could determine whether cancer is about to spread or monitor the progress of treatment |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
And When ImClone's Drug Doesn't Work... Physicians have greeted ImClone Systems Inc.'s (IMCL ) cancer drug, Erbitux, with a mixture of glee and grim realism. The drug dramatically shrinks colon tumors in some patients. But in others, it has little effect -- and no one knows why. |
Managed Care
January 2004
Thomas Morrow |
Choking Off a Tumor's Blood Supply Angiogenesis blockade is a 30-year-old concept, but it will soon make the leap from lab bench to pharmacy shelf. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Fusion genes that drive solid tumors are a new target for cancer therapies The success of Gleevec and related drugs has inspired researchers to step up their hunt for the molecular defects underlying other cancers. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2015 |
Cancer Drugs Fund axes 23 treatments The Cancer Drugs Fund, which covers the cost of some cancer treatments that are not currently available on the National Health Service, has cut 23 treatments -- involving 16 drugs. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Falling Into the Zaltrap Lung cancer out, colon cancer in phase 3 clinical trial for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' new drug. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Pettypiece & Gibson |
Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2011
Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck |
From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2013
William Looney |
In Cancer, Process Drives Progress Today's most important public health story is the advance in our understanding of the biology of cancer. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Tom Randall |
Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer. |
Wired
August 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2006
Joanna Breitstein |
HBA Woman of the Year: Susan Desmond-Hellman There are people who hope cancer, one day, will become a manageable disease. Then there are those who know it. Meet Susan Desmond-Hellmann. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition. |
Chemistry World
January 21, 2011
Jennifer Newton |
Early lung cancer diagnosis Patients with lung cancer have elevated levels of a specific protein in their blood that could be used as a biomarker for the disease, say scientists from South Korea. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2010
Ralph Casale |
Where We Are in the War on Cancer A summary of the roundtable discussions at Xconomy's recent event, "Boston's War on Cancer." |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Malorye Branca |
Targeting Tumors Next-generation cancer drugs will take aim with unprecedented certainty, but making them requires a new discovery and development paradigm. |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2015
Thadchajini Retneswaran |
Microfluidic approach to personalised cancer treatment US scientists have developed an innovative microfluidic assay that can accurately predict how patients with a certain type of blood cancer will respond to an anticancer drug. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Profit From Personalized Medicine Pfizer's drug works well, but consider these companies instead. |
Wired
Thomas Goetz |
Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2011
Luke Timmerman |
Exelixis Zeroes In on Lead Drug, Sees Activity in the Bones of Prostate Cancer Patients Is Exelixis' risky bet about to pay off? |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Robert Langreth |
Big Pharma Bets on a Novel Cancer Cure Research in epigenetics is booming. The payoff could be in the billions. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Arlene Weintraub |
Drug Development, Genentech Style Its promising colon cancer fighter Avastin is a prime example of how the biotech "keeps following the science." |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2010
Brian Orelli |
When Researchers Attack, Investors Lose Drug investors have to watch out for a lot of things that can change their stock's price: earnings reports, clinical trial results, competitor's results, and FDA decisions. |
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October 27, 2010
Ralph Casale |
Companion Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development Diagnostic companies partnering with drug developers can make for an attractive investment segment. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Hayley Birch |
Special Report: Health breakthroughs of the decade New discoveries have been made with cancer vaccines, genomics, statin drugs, allosteric modulators, and RNA interference during the last decade. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Going Broke To Stay Alive Rising prices for cancer treatments are making patients - and doctors - balk. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011
Renee Twombly |
A New Take on Retinoblastoma Basic research findings upend old thoughts on this childhood tumor. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2010
Walter Armstrong |
Cancer: On Target Once More Over the past year or two, a handful of Phase III failures, including megablockbusters like Avastin and Sutent in trials for all kinds of common tumors, indicate that targeted therapy is generally a blunt instrument. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2004
Charly Travers |
Biotech's 5-Baggers: Part 3 Year after year, the hottest biotech companies with investors are those with drugs in development for the treatment of cancer. |
Fast Company
Christina Farr |
Bill Gates, Illumina To Fund $100M Blood Test For Cancer Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos's venture fund Bezos Expeditions, and Arch Venture Partners will also contribute to the venture. Grail will be based in San Francisco, and Illumina will retain majority control. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Juicing Up the Earnings Report How did Celgene turn an earnings release that met analysts' expectations while lowering revenue guidance on one of its drugs into an 18.6% increase in share price yesterday? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2013
William Looney |
Pathways to Progress Cancer is increasingly understood as a collection of rare and mostly treatable conditions rather than the impregnable, monolith portrayed in popular culture. Industry experts review current and pending efforts to turn great science into good practice. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2007
Victoria Gill |
Cancer Therapy Targets Bad Blood Tumors have a nasty habit of quickly developing their own blood supply in order to feed their rapid growth. Now, researchers have discovered a set of biological markers that distinguish tumor-specific blood vessels from normal, healthy vasculature. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2011
Luke Timmerman |
Infinity Dares to Think Big Against Pancreatic Cancer, Prepares to Show Early Results This Weekend Infinity Pharmaceuticals' top execs sometimes get strange looks when they say they are developing a new drug for pancreatic cancer. Is this a smart use of the company's time and resources? |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Winners and Losers of Roche's Avastin Woes What the FDA giveth, the FDA can taketh away. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Drug Approved for Few Patients -- but That's OK The age of personalized medicine is upon us. Earlier this month, the FDA approved Roche's melanoma drug Zelboraf for patients with a specific mutation in BRAF. And on Friday, the agency approved Pfizer's Xalkori for lung cancer patients that are ALK-positive. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Pfile Pfizer Under "Potential" Researchers reported promising finding from a clinical trial of Pfizer's new drug, CP-870,893, in pancreatic cancer patients in the most recent issue of the journal Science. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
Teaching The Body To Fix Itself Cancer vaccines still in trial stages may be able to prolong life with few side effects, but the FDA has yet to be convinced. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope. |
Chemistry World
July 22, 2013
Kirsty Muirhead |
Circulating cancer cells spiral towards separation A new biochip developed by researchers in Singapore can isolate tumor cells from blood samples, and may one day be an alternative to more invasive methods for tracking later stage cancers. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Capell & Arndt |
Drugs Get Smart Future medicines will more effectively target what ails you by tailoring treatment to your specific genetic profile. Personalized medicine will also help prevent another Vioxx. |
