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Bevacizumab, sold under the brand name Avastin among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat a number of types of cancers and a specific eye disease. [30] [28] For cancer, it is given by slow injection into a vein (intravenous) and used for colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and renal-cell carcinoma. [31]
By May 2012, anti-VEGF treatment with Avastin has been accepted by Medicare, is quite reasonably priced, and effective. Lucentis has a similar but smaller molecular structure to Avastin, and is FDA-approved (2006) for treating MacD, yet remains more costly, as is the more recent (approved in 2011) aflibercept (Eylea). Tests on these treatments ...
This list of over 500 monoclonal antibodies includes approved and investigational drugs as well as drugs that have been withdrawn from market; consequently, the column Use does not necessarily indicate clinical usage. See the list of FDA-approved therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the monoclonal antibody therapy page.
The FDA has accepted for review Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NYSE: AMRX) marketing application seeking approval for Bevacizumab, under Section 351(k) pathway of the Public Health Service Act. The ...
What the FDA giveth, the FDA can taketh away. A few weeks ago, the FDA yanked Roche's right to market Avastin to treat breast cancer. Avastin was given an accelerated approval for the indication ...
If the FDA follows its advisory panel's recommendation from last month, it may revoke its approval of Avastin for the. Roche's (RHHBY) blockbuster cancer drug, Avastin, is up for review by the U.S ...
After a series of clinical trials in 2004, Avastin was approved by the FDA, becoming the first commercially available anti-angiogenesis drug. FDA approval of Avastin for breast cancer treatment was later revoked on November 18, 2011.
Health care firm Roche announced in a press release Thursday that the FDA has approved a new indication for its cancer drug Avastin. The new usage will allow Roche to market Avastin, in ...