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Avastin cancer drug

A fake version of Avastin cancer drug has been found in the United States. Authorities are not clear about the amount of counterfeit Avastin on the...
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FDA pulls approval of Avastin to treat breast cancer

Breast cancer is a devastating disease. The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health reports that breast cancer occurs in...
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Breast cancer drug Avastin loses approval from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the approval of the breast cancer drug, Avastin on November 18, 2011. The drug, manufactured by...
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Healthcare rationing begins with two new federal proposals

Healthcare rationing, as part of the national Healthcare bill passed by Congress last year, has led Federal agencies to introduce two proposed...
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Avastin scheduled for additional FDA hearing

  • FDA
  • February 25, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a hearing on June 28-29 for Genentech to argue in favor of maintaining the status of Avastin...
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Avastin: Breast cancer treatment being criticized by U.K. and now U.S.

  • Avastin breast cancer treatment
  • February 24, 2011
Avastin (bevacizumab), for the treatment of patients suffering from metastatic (having spread to other parts of the body) breast cancer has been...
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Combined cancer therapy with Avastin increases fatal events 46 percent

Avastin, generically known as bevacizumab, is found to cause treatment related fatal events, in a new study published in the Journal of the...
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