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This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Avastin (bevacizumab)Recent news articles mentioning Avastin

Neovacs Announces the Publication of a PNAS Article on Anti-VEGF ...  -  21 Feb 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release), A number of the latter have already been tested in clinical trials, including the monoclonal antibody (MAb) bevacizumab (Avastin®) - the only anti-VEGF

TECH TICKER  -  21 Feb 2007
San Jose Mercury News, Genentech's Avastin, used to treat colorectal and lung cancers, can slow the growth of incurable brain tumors, a study found.

New Breast Cancer Therapy Has Promising Outlook  -  21 Feb 2007
KDKA, ..."During that time, the only treatment was Herceptin plus Avastin. No surgery, no radiation, nothing else,� says Britten. “So those two drugs alone shrunk

PDL BioPharma Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 ...  -  21 Feb 2007
Yahoo! News (press release) Herceptin, Avastin, Lucentis and Raptiva are registered US trademarks of Genentech, Inc. Xolair is a registered trademark of Novartis AG.

Genentech/Roche: significant potential for Avastin in glioma  -  Feb 19, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review Clinical phase II trial data has shown a combination of Genentech/Roche's Avastin and Pfizer's Camptosar to confer antitumor activity in the treatment of

Wait for 1-year SAILOR results before making conclusions on stroke ...  -  Feb 20, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription), ..."To this day I still think systemic Avastin is probably the most effective treatment for this disease," Dr. Rosenfeld said, noting that patients at Bascom

HP profit, sales jump; PC maker plans pension `curtailment'  -  Feb 20, 2007
San Jose Mercury News, According to a Bloomberg News report, a 32-patient study found Genentech's Avastin drug can slow the growth of certain brain tumors known as gliomas.

Letters: Effective eye treatments - at home and abroad  -  Feb 19, 2007
Guardian Unlimited, We are surprised at your claim that RNIB "refused to get involved in the debate on Avastin" (Drug firms urged to stop blocking blindness cure, February 15).

The Motley Fool Take Genentech on a Roll  -  Feb 20, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer, Year-over-year growth is starting to moderate for Genentech's four maturing oncology drugs - Avastin, Herceptin, Tarceva and Rituxan - although growth

New drugs show promise for prostate cancer  -  Feb 19, 2007
Science Daily (press release) Avastin extends lung cancer survivability (December 14, 2006) -- The drug Avastin has become the first medicine proven to help patients suffering from the

Cardiologist questions safety of Avastin use  -  Feb 9, 2007
Optician Online, An assumption that Lucentis is safe does not mean that Avastin (its parent drug not licensed for eye treatments) behaves identically.

Drug firms urged to stop blocking blindness cure  -  Feb 14, 2007
Guardian Unlimited, Ophthalmologists in the US and the rest of Europe are successfully using a bowel cancer drug called Avastin, split into tiny doses, to save the sight of

Avastin fails trials for pancreatic cancer  -  Jan 23, 2007
USA Today ORLANDO — Researchers over the weekend announced disappointing news for a widely celebrated cancer drug called Avastin, which failed to help patients with

Introgen Reports that INGN 241 in Combination with Avastin(R ...  -  Jan 25, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release), In contrast, treatment with Avastin alone demonstrated only minor tumor regression and no animals were cured of their cancer. The study was conducted at The

Patient says deputy minister bullied committee to drop Avastin therapy  -  Jan 24, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca, The Health Department refused to pay for Avastin, considered part of the best treatment for advanced colorectal cancer, despite twice being encouraged by

Avastin Slows Colon Cancer Growth  -  Jan 23, 2007
WebMD In a study of more than 1400 patients, those who took the drug Avastin in addition to standard chemotherapy remained alive without worsening of their

UK Says No To Avastin and Erbitux  -  Jan 26, 2007
Cancerpage.com, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said in a statement on Thursday it did not recommend Erbitux or Avastin, drugs which have

Abraxane®/Avastin® Promising as Initial Therapy for Advanced Non ...  -  Jan 24, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release), The combination of Abraxane (albumin bound paclitaxel) and Paraplatin® (carboplatin) and Avastin (bevacizumab) provides responses or disease stabilization

Introgen drug with Avastin zaps tumors  -  Jan 24, 2007
United Press International 24 (UPI) -- US firm Introgen said Wednesday that its investigational drug INGN 241 used in combination with Genentech's Avastin zaps tumors in animals.

Wet Macular Degeneration Study To Compare 2 Already-Effective Drugs  -  Feb 15, 2007
Click10.com, Avastin is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat colon cancer. Lucentis is FDA-approved specifically for wet macular degeneration.

HealthNet offers hope to cancer patient  -  Feb 13, 2007
Connecticut Post, His next, and perhaps only, hope is an experimental drug — Avastin — that is not FDA approved for brain cancers. That means Antonucci's managed-care plan,

Hospital's work with blind praised  -  Feb 14, 2007
Bolton News, Ms Hewitt is calling for full clinical trials for the drug Avastin, which is being used to treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) at the Royal Bolton

QLT eye treatment comes back into focus  -  Feb 14, 2007
Globe and Mail, The study measured vision improvement over 40 weeks from one or two treatments combining Visudyne, Genentech's Avastin cancer drug, which is nearly

Calls for sight drugs on NHS  -  Feb 15, 2007
Brighouse Echo, He went ahead with the treatment at the Yorkshire Eye Clinic in Apperley Bridge where he has received three injections of the chemical therapy drug Avastin

Cancer Drug IPO Sees Strong Insider Interest  -  Feb 15, 2007
IndiaStockMarket.com, It seems to work against established blood vessels, unlike “anti-angiogenesis� cancer therapies in use today like Avastin, developed by Genentech (DNA).

Other uses for Avastin [MedMaster Patient Drug Information database]

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