(Friday) – Cancer Research UK today announced the signing of a five-year drug-discovery collaboration between its subsidiary, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), and Celgene Corporation, to discover, develop and commercialize new anti-cancer treatments. This arrangement represents an expansion of Cancer Research Technology’s theme-based translational model that now encompasses six industry partnerships, including …
Tag Archives: cancer drugs
December, 2017
June, 2017
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8 June
ASCO and Foundation Medicine Collaborate to Identify Participants for the Targeted Agent & Profiling Utilization Study
ALEXANDRIA, Va. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO) and Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: FMI) today announced entry into an agreement to create efficiencies for research sites participating in ASCO’s TAPUR™ Study in identifying potential participants for the study. ASCO is announcing that reports from Foundation Medicine’s …
April, 2017
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26 April
FDA Takes Action Against 14 Companies for Selling Illegal Cancer Treatments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today posted warning letters addressed to 14 U.S.-based companies illegally selling more than 65 products that fraudulently claim to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer. The products are marketed and sold without FDA approval, most commonly on websites and social media platforms. “Consumers should …
January, 2016
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27 January
Cost and Value
Where does the true value of cancer treatment lie? Oncology experts grapple with this important question, with one of the more recent people to chime in being Robert C. Young, M.D., of RCY Medicine in Philadelphia, in an essay in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. …
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15 January
Study of Breast Cancer Cell Function Suggests Several New Potential Drug Targets and Combos
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The largest analysis of breast cancer cell function to date suggests dozens of new uses for existing drugs, new targets for drug discovery, and new drug combinations. The authors say the study results, published online January 14 in the journal Cell, will be …