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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Valuation
CRSP 55.11-2.6%Nov 7 9:30 AM EST

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To: Icebrg who wrote (15151)1/7/2005 6:18:14 PM
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Protein-Bound Particle Drugs, for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Friday January 7, 6:11 pm ET

[Doesn't the label look a little bit strange? "Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline" ???]

- ABRAXANE(TM), First Solvent-Free, Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel Nanoparticles, Requires No Premedication and Almost Doubles Response Rate Compared With Taxol(R) in Metastatic Breast Cancer -

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPX - News) and American Bioscience, Inc. (ABI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABRAXANE(TM) for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in metastatic breast cancer. ABRAXANE(TM) is indicated for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline unless clinically contraindicated.
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