Amgen’s Denosumab Approved for Cancer Patients

The FDA has approved Amgen’s osteoporosis drug denosumab for use by cancer patients with solid tumors whose disease has metastasized to their bones. The indication to prevent complications such as fractures and bone pain among …

Pharmaceutical News Roundup: Human Genome, Merck, Novartis

Here’s a roundup of some of Wednesday’s major pharmaceutical news: An FDA panel gave Human Genome Sciences a boost with a thumbs-up for its lupus drug, Benlysta; Merck’s experimental heart drug appears to work well without side…

Novartis Halts Lung Cancer Drug Study

Novartis will discontinue studies of an experimental lung-cancer cancer drug because of disappointing trial results.
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