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Roche drug for late-stage breast cancer approvedUS health regulators approved a new drug made by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG for some patients with late-stage metastatic breast cancer who fail to respond to other therapies. The US Food a More… |
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Roche's top drug rejected for breast cancerRoche Holding's cancer drug Avastin has been rejected by Britain's healthcare cost agency as a first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer, the latest in a series of setbacks for this medicine. The National Institute for Health and Cli More… |
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Roche arthritis drug 'beats top-selling rival'Roche said on Wednesday that a trial had shown its rheumatoid arthritis drug RoActemra was more effective in reducing swelling and tenderness in joints than Abbott Laboratories' top-selling Humira when given as a single treatment. Humira i More… |
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Roche stops drug trial as data disappointsSwiss drugmaker Roche has ended efforts to develop a heart disease drug that according to some industry analysts could have achieved $10 billion annual sales, after poor results from a late stage trial. The D More… |
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Roche drug hope for breast cancer patientsWomen with an aggressive type of advanced breast cancer can live significantly longer without their disease getting worse if they are treated with an experimental 'armed antibody' drug from Roche, researchers said. Data from a mid More… |
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US alerts against repackaged injectionsThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted health care professionals that repackaged intravitreal injections of Avastin (bevacizumab) have caused a cluster of serious eye infections in the Miami, Florida. The Florida Department More… |
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Roche 'good' cholesterol drug shows promiseAn experimental drug from Roche, a Swiss global healthcare company, designed to raise "good" HDL cholesterol has produced encouraging results in a small mid-stage clinical trial. Further details about the performance of dalcetrapib will be More… |
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Wider use of Roche arthritis drug approvedRoche has won European backing for broader use of its arthritis drug RoActemra to treat children with a rare and severe form of the disease, the Swiss drugmaker said. The medicine, known as Actemra outside of Europe, is already used to tre More… |
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Roche's pertuzumab helps breast cancer patientsPatients with advanced breast cancer lived significantly longer when treated with Roche's pertuzumab and Herceptin along with chemotherapy, a late-stage study showed. The Swiss d More… |
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Roche arthritis drug effective as sole therapyRoche's rheumatoid arthritis drug RoActemra helps treat patients with the painful and debilitating disease regardless of whether it is given on its own or in combination with another drug, a late-stage study showed. The news could boost Ro More… |
