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Biotech / Medical : VD's Model Portfolio & Discussion Thread

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To: JustTradeEm who wrote (9395)10/15/2002 5:54:46 PM
From: tuck  Read Replies (1) of 9719
 
JB

OSI's Tarceva is very similar to Iressa. It was hoped that small molecule EGF inhibitors were still viable following mixed efficacy results and tepid ODAC approval. Now it looks less plausible that the FDA will accept 'em, because safety problems seem to be showing up in Iressa:

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It was hoped the mechanism of action was sufficiently different, and that OSI's trial design was better than AZN's. Now, that may be moot. V1, correct me if I'm wrong, and feel free to supply your own rationale for bailing.

Cheers, Tuck

PS This also isn't helping ABGX, whose lead compound is an antibody inhibitor of EGF.
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