Exelixis's Promising Pipeline of Drugs

Exelixis's Promising Pipeline Of Drugs

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The only other drug approved in 2011 for the same illness, is Caprelsa from AstraZeneca (AZN). Caprelsa sales for the first nine months of 2012 were only $ 19 million, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Joel Sendek. Sendek predicts that Exelixis' drug …
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TB claims 2011 CBSE class XII topper

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MUMBAI: The city lost one of its bright young minds on Monday when Shreeram Radhakrishnan, who topped the CBSE's class XII examinations (science stream) in 2011 in the state, died of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB ) after being in an unconscious state …
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Drag-and-Drop DNA: Novel technique aiding development of new cancer drugs

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In vivo experiments, funded by the NSF SBIR award, validated the approach, and Parabon filed a provisional patent for its methods and compounds on May 4, 2011. The final application was published in … Working together as part of a larger molecule …
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Exelixis's Thyroid Cancer Treatment Gains US Approval

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The treatment is the FDA's 31st new drug approval this year, surpassing a seven-year high of 30 approvals in 2011. This is the second drug in two years the agency has approved to treat medullary thyroid cancer, said Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA …
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