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Amgen reports positive preliminary results on leukemia drug

2015-07-17 19:38:55| Biotech - Topix.net

Amgen Inc on Thursday said some patients with a deadly form of leukemia experienced complete remission after being treated with its Blincyto drug in a midstage clinical trial, results that could eventually lead to an expanded approval of the pricy cancer medicine. While providing few details, the world's largest biotechnology company said the drug, which helps the immune system to fight cancer, induced complete remission or complete remission with partial hematological recovery in a "clinically meaningful number of patients" with relapsed or refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

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Weill Cornell Medical College And Cellectis Announce Research Alliance Advancing Drug Discovery And The Translation Of Novel Immunotherapies In Leukemia

2015-06-03 05:49:21| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page

Regulatory News: Weill Cornell Medical College and Cellectis have entered into a strategic translational research alliance to accelerate the development of a targeted immunotherapy for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a deadly blood cancer

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AbbVie to buy leukemia drugmaker Pharmacyclics for $21B

2015-03-06 06:29:46| Food - Topix.net

AbbVie will spend about $21 billion to buy fellow drugmaker Pharmacyclics and add another major revenue producer to a portfolio that already includes the world's top-selling drug. The deal will give the North Chicago, Ill., drugmaker Imbruvica, a blood cancer treatment that Pharmacyclics makes and then markets with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Biotech.

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El Pasoan starts donation drive after seeing importance of blood during bout with leukemia

2015-01-11 23:58:30| Automakers - Topix.net

Mark Barnett, the general manager of Barnett Harley-Davidson, will hold his annual blood drive starting on Friday. A little more than a decade ago, Mark Barnett, the general manager of Barnett Harley-Davidson, got a firsthand look at the need for blood while fighting leukemia in a Houston hospital.

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Exclusive: Amgen's new leukemia drug to carry $178,000 price tag

2014-12-17 23:05:29| Biotech - Topix.net

Amgen Inc on Wednesday said its new type of treatment for a deadly form of leukemia would cost about $178,000 when it becomes available on Thursday, which would make it one of the world's most expensive cancer drugs. Company spokeswoman Danielle Bertrand said the price for the infused medicine, called Blincyto, would reflect two courses of treatment, at $89,000 per cycle.

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