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ONCOLOGY HEADLINES MAKING NEWS
- Receptor BioLogix acquires Aphton assets
- Receptor BioLogix has acquired the cancer vaccine Insegia and other assets of Aphton Corp. in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale.
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- European committee gives negative ruling on Tarceva
- OSI Pharmaceuticals announced that its development partner Roche had been given a negative opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for Tarceva in combination with gemcitabine chemotherapy as a first-line oral therapy for advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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- Santaris inks $200M collaboration with Enzon
- Santaris Pharma has inked a collaboration deal with Enzon Pharmaceuticals that is potentially worth more than $200 million.
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- Researchers say Gleevec linked to heart damage
- A team of researchers has concluded that the cancer drug Gleevec may cause serious heart damage.
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- FDA approves Gemzar for ovarian cancer
- The FDA has OK'd Eli Lilly's Gemzar in combination with carboplatin for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, marking the fourth approval for the drug.
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