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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout!
LGND 202.50-2.7%Nov 7 9:30 AM EST

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To: Henry Niman who wrote (20879)5/15/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: Andreas Helke  Read Replies (1) of 32384
 
Here is an excerpt from thestreet.com coverage of the upcoming ASCO meeting. What I found particularly interesting is that this is an example of an cancer drug where the majority of sales are off label.

Andreas

Sequus has a bunch of abstracts of studies here at the conference. The company's anticancer drug, Doxil, has been showing steady sales growth, despite that the drug is only approved for Kaposi's sarcoma. The majority of sales is in other cancers. Doxil is a special formulation of a common anticancer compound encased in a fat that is supposed to make it safer and, potentially, more effective. Data on Doxil in refractory ovarian cancer looks promising, but its use in breast cancer, a much larger market, "remains uncertain," according to OpCo.
from thestreet.com
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