Pancreatic Cancer

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ABRAXANE(R) Receives Orphan Drug Status For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer And Stage IIB-IV Melanoma

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

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Chicago Folks: Happy Hour for a Good Cause

John D. Head aka "Starfish" (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

If you are in Chicago and enjoy networking, this is a great opportunity. The Young Executive Committee at the Metropolitan Club of Chicago is hosting a Happy Hour to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on Thursday, November 19, 2009. The Happy Hour will take place from 6 to 8pm. More about the event: The Metropolitan Club Young Executives are hosting a happy hour to benefit the Pancreatic...

Congressman Fattah Supports Legislation to Address More Funds for Pancreatic Cancer Research

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Congressman Fattah releases the following statement in observance of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Pancreatic cancer

News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

In memory of my mom, Barbara Hersh, who died from pancreatic cancer five short months after diagnosis, I would like to bring your attention to the fact that November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading...

GenVec wins $22M vax development contract

Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

GenVec is on a roll. A day after winning an orphan drug designation for its pancreatic cancer therapy TNFerade, the developer inked a $22 million development deal with Science Applications International to develop new HIV and flu vaccines. The contract is worth $22 million if all options are exercised and GenVec gets about $2.6 million over the next year. "Given the heightened concerns about...

ABRAXANE® Receives Orphan Drug Status for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer and Stage IIB-IV Melanoma

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to the chemotherapy agent ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for...

GenVec Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) Shares Surge nearly 13% on Word of FDA Orphan Drug Designation

Stockpreacher Penny Stock Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

GenVec Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to TNFerade, GenVec’s newest and most promising anti-cancer drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The FDA grants orphan drug designation to drugs that could possibly provide a significant therapeutic advantage over existing treatments, and specifically [...]

GenVec shares soar on orphan cancer drug designation

Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Regulators at the FDA have presented GenVec with orphan drug status for TNFerade, an experimental therapy that spurs development of an immune system protein which helps fight advanced pancreatic cancer. And investors swiftly bid up the company's stock ( GNVC ) by 35 percent in premarket trading. GenVec started out the year with a restructuring that claimed the jobs of 22 employees . Nine months ago...

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Nothing about beer, food, baseball, or the PLCB here. I'd like to talk to you about pancreatic cancer , for two reasons. First, this is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month . Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in America, and has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. This year, an estimated 42,470 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. 76% of them will...

Discovery Offers Potential New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Tiny particles that can carry drugs and target cancer cells may offer treatment hope for those suffering with pancreatic cancer.

• Pancreatic Cancer: Discovery Offers Potential New Treatment - Science Daily

Discovery offers potential new pancreatic cancer treatment

Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Tiny particles that can carry drugs and target cancer cells may offer treatment hope for those suffering with pancreatic cancer. New research to be presented in November at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles reveals that tumor-penetrating microparticles (TPM) have been specifically designed to break through hard-to-infiltrate barriers and deliver...

• Discovery offers potential new pancreatic cancer treatment - Eurekalert

Illinois Center for Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Diseases Provides Hope for Cancer Patients

PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. But year-round awareness of pancreatic cancer has been on the rise as a number of high-profile patients undergo treatment for the disease and some have succumbed to it. News about pancreatic cancer is not all bad, however, and facilities like the Illinois Center for Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Diseases – and its director, Dr. Malcolm Bilimoria...

Pancreatic cancer: A new triple combination therapy?

Nature Publishing Group (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Pancreatic cancer: A new triple combination therapy? Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 6, 628 (2009). doi:10.1038/nrgastro.2009.176 Author: Isobel Franks

Dennis Hopper Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

As if we needed yet another reason to do what we can to fight cancer. On top of the hundreds of thousands of cancer-related deaths the U.S. is plagued with every year, and just a short time after we lost Patrick Swayze to pancreatic cancer, The Associated Press (via Canoe) reports that two-time Oscar nominee Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 73-year-old actor has canceled...

Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Area Pipeline Report

aarkstore | 10/28/2009

Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Area Pipeline Report contains detailed information on the pancreatic cancer drug pipeline. This report provides insight into the pipeline status of pancreatic cancer drugs by company and by stage as well as a summary of the latest news and developments in this area. Scope of the report: Each Life Science Analytics’ Therapy Area Pipeline Report provides the user with real detail...

Lung Cancer Treatment

julieadam | 09/15/2009

No one likes to hear the word ‘Cancer’, but unfortunately, thousands of people are diagnosed with some form of cancer every month. Liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer are among the most common. Cancer prevention information is making some headway with encouraging cancer awareness, but too often the diagnosis comes too late. That’s why annual checkups are so important. When...

Pancreatic Cancer Alternative Cures

launchsniper | 03/18/2009

If you’ve just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, you may feel like you’ve just been giving a death sentence. If you are looking for alternative ways to fight the deadliest cancer, there are many, many available. There are a lot more o...