LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly one in five cancer drugs entering development now reach the market, a remarkably good success rate given the high level of failures in other disease areas, British researchers said on Friday .
A study by Cancer Research UK, based on 974 cancer drugs starting initial Phase I clinical trials since 1995, calculated there was an 18 percent probability that those in human tests would make it to commercial registration.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama — half of the fabulously fit new first couple.
Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put most people to shame. Michelle Obama used to join a friend for 4:30 a.m. workouts, and Barack Obama usually starts his day in the gym.
Michelle Obama has hosted “The Read the rest of this entry »
Land for the long-anticipated hospital for Central Florida veterans was acquired Thursday by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The 65-acre parcel in southeast Orlando will house the $656 million, 314-bed VA facility, one of the crown jewels in a 600-acre “medical city” at
being pieced together by the Tavistock Group. The purchase price for the property was about $39 million, said Barry Stanley, spokesman for the Orlando VA Medical Center. Read the rest of this entry »
-(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted wider
approval to Prezista, a
(JNJ) HIV drug, by allowing the
medication to be given to newly diagnosed patients, the company said Wednesday.
Prezista, a protease inhibitor aimed at blocking HIV replication, is designed
to be used in combination with
(ABT) Norvir.
Prezista was first approved in 2006 for use in patients who were resistant to
other drugs. At the time, Prezista was also Read the rest of this entry »
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