FDA Advisory Panel Makes Favorable Recommendation For GlaxoSmithKline And Genmab’s ARZERRA(TM) (ofatumumab)

GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK] and Genmab A/S [OMX: GEN] announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 10 to three that the ARZERRA(TM) (ofatumumab) data are reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) whose disease is refractory to fludarabine and alemtuzumab. Ofatumumab [...]

Bayer Announces Leukine(R) Data Presentations At 45th American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that several studies evaluating the use of Leukine(R) (sargramostim) will be presented at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. “We are excited to see that several studies of Leukine have been accepted at ASCO,” said Pam Cyrus, MD, vice president, Medical Affairs, Oncology, [...]

Vion Pharmaceuticals To Present Data On Onrigin(TM)at The ASCO(R) Annual Meeting

VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: VION) announced that an analysis of clinical data of its lead anticancer agent Onrigin (laromustine) Injection in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) would be presented in a poster at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Announces Top-Line Results Of CPP-109 Phase II Trial For Cocaine Addiction

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRX) announced top-line results from its U.S. Phase II clinical trial to treat cocaine addiction. The data from the trial showed that CPP-109 did not demonstrate statistical significance in the primary endpoint — that a significantly larger proportion of CPP-109-treated subjects than placebo-treated subjects were cocaine-free during the last [...]

Perceptive Informatics Enhances Investigator Application Of New RECIST Version In Imaging-Based Oncology Trials

Perceptive Informatics, the industry’s leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), announced the launch of a website designed to help investigators apply the new 1.1 version of RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors) in medical imaging-based oncology trials.

CuraGen To Present CR011-vcMMAE Data At ASCO

CuraGen Corporation (Nasdaq: CRGN) announced plans for three data presentations from its ongoing clinical trials of CR011-vcMMAE, an antibody-drug conjugate that targets GPNMB, in patients with advanced breast cancer and melanoma at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando, Florida.

Few Pharmacies Can Translate Prescription Labels Into Spanish

Surprisingly few pharmacies in the U.S. are able to translate prescription medication instructions into Spanish, making it difficult for patients who speak only Spanish to understand how to take their medications properly, according to a new study from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Tadalafil (Cialis) In The Treatment Of Erectile Dysfunction

UroToday.com - This updated review of tadalafil (Cialis), one of the three available phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors that revolutionized the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), analyzes its latest clinical studies. Tadalafil’s most unique and identifying characteristic is its long half-life of 17.5 hours, compared with 4 hours for sildenafil (Viagra) and vardenafil [...]