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The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 Ralph Casale |
Companion Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development Diagnostic companies partnering with drug developers can make for an attractive investment segment. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld |
Healing Investments New lung cancer drugs mean good news in both the doctor's office and on Wall Street. |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
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. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2010 Ryan McBride |
Synta Pharma CEO Trumpets New Top Cancer Drug Synta Pharmaceuticals has been climbing back from one of the Boston area's highest-profile clinical trial failures of 2009. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
Make-or-Break Time for Cancer Drugs Strong presentations at the key oncology conference in late May will be crucial for struggling biotechs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Mattingly & Saxberg |
Biomarkers Come of Age In the past five years, biomarkers have become an essential part of pharmaceutical R&D. Seven industry experts explain how it happened - and what comes next. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Genentech's Lucky Day Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals jump in today's trading session after favorable trial results for a cancer drug. |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Brian Orelli |
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? |
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. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2007 Patrick Clinton |
The Topic of Cancer What will tomorrow's cancer commercialization model really look like? We asked four heavyweights from the world of oncology what they thought. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Brian Lawler |
ImClone Loses an Indication ImClone's lead drug fails in a clinical trial. Investors, take note. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Catherine Arnst |
Going Broke To Stay Alive Rising prices for cancer treatments are making patients - and doctors - balk. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Luke Timmerman |
Oncothyreon's Cancer Vaccine Back in the Saddle as Merck KGaA Re-Starts Clinical Trials The German-based Merck got clearance from the FDA and local ethics review boards to resume two of three large pivotal trials. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Charly Travers |
4 Promising Biotech IPOs Several recently gone-public biotechs boast surprisingly interesting drug pipelines. From drugs for hepatitis to hopeful cancer treatments, watch out for these four biotech debutantes. If trials go smoothly, they may be the next up-and-coming stocks in the industry. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 |
Inside Judah Folkman's Lab The pioneering cancer researcher, Dr. Judah Folkman, talks about the path that led to his discoveries and about how much remains to be done |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010 |
When the Payer IS the Player As Medicare, Medicaid, and the nation's web of private payers gain market power, how can pharma stay ahead of the cost-containment curve? |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Onyx Is Almost There Onyx Pharmaceutical narrowed losses for the quarter, and things should improve even more in the months to come, even as their bottom line is still being hampered by endless clinical trials. |
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 Kevin Davies |
Iressa's Trials and Tribulations The Iressa experience highlights the enormous stakes surrounding breakthrough therapies. |
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. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Brian Orelli |
The Phase 2 Blues Drug developer Cytokinetics disappoints investors with failed clinical trials. |
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 William Looney |
Takeda' Oncology Taskmaster Millennium Takeda's new president, Anna Protopapas, explains the life choices that brought her from Cyprus to Cambridge; and a lead position in the hotly contested search to make cancer a treatable disease. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2004 Charly Travers |
Merck Pays Up for a Cancer Drug As demonstrated this morning with the announcement of a major deal with Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Merck is now in the midst of a strategic push to build out its oncology pipeline. |
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Pettypiece & Gibson |
Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Bruce Einhorn |
A Key New Ally In The Cancer War China and its Western trade partners are fighting together on at least one front: the war on cancer. |
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 |
Putting the FDA Out Front Deputy Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock explains how the agency has led the drive for personalized medicine. |
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 April 3, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Dendreon's Positive Panel Surprise Shares of the drugmaker jump after a FDA advisory panel finds in favor of its lead cancer compound. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Genentech's Hope For the past two days, Genentech has been an example of what many investors hinge their hopes and dollars on. Yesterday's FDA approval of the company's groundbreaking cancer drug, Avastin, was the reason positive sentiment remained infectious today. |
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? |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Walter Armstrong |
Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Targeting Pathways and Patients Although the most common cancer worldwide, lung cancer remains poorly treated, with the highest mortality rate. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Ron Feemster |
The PharmExec 2005 Pipeline Report Dry? Not quite. Instead of 1990s-style blockbusters, pharma's new molecules are niche drugs, cancer treatments and -- at last -- innovative mechanisms for troublesome targets: Acomplia [rimonabant] by Sanofi-Aventis... AMG 162 [denosumab] by Amgen... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Langreth & Cortez |
When Two Cancer Drugs Are Better Than One Drugmakers are collaborating to test combinations of genetically targeted cancer drugs in hopes of boosting survival rates. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Rock-Solid News From Onyx Results show that the drug Nexavar works in another type of cancer. But investors need to consider other issues when taking a closer look at this pharma. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2004 David Nierengarten |
Genentech's Star Power How much higher can Genentech go? |
Bio-IT World November 14, 2003 Kathy Ordonez |
Targeted Medicine via Molecular Diagnostics Using diagnostics to select and deselect target populations for drug therapy will enable life scientists to make more effective medicines. |