Novartis Drug SigniforR Recommended by FDA Advisory Committee for Approval …

Published November 16, 2012

Novartis drug SigniforR recommended by FDA advisory committee for approval …

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Basel, November 7, 2012 – The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) has voted unanimously in support of the use of Signifor R (pasireotide) for the treatment of patients with Cushing's …
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Expensive Drugs, Challenge to Tuberculosis Treatment in Nigeria

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Medical experts have warned that the trend should be quickly checked in order to forestall what they described as "imminent and total collapse of the efficacy of the available first-line drugs for TB treatment." According to Dr Taiwo Orelope, a medical …
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Clovis Oncology: This Treatment is Out of Reach

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Abraxane, a cancer treatment acquired in the 2010 deal, has shown to improve the delivery of chemotherapy to cancer cells in a late-stage study. On November 9, Celgene reported that the drug had improved survival in patients with pancreatic cancer, …
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