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New Cancer Drug Boosts Blood Pressure

January 3, 2008 – 6:54 am

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) — The new anti-cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) can cause high blood pressure in patients with kidney cancer, French researchers report.
The finding echoes the results of a study published last month that found the drug increased blood pressure and the risk of heart failure among patients with stomach cancer.
“Patients taking sunitinib […]

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AMDL requests Chinese approval for cancer drug

February 14, 2007 – 6:35 am

By Staff Writer
AMDL has said that its subsidiary in China, Jade Pharmaceuticals, has set up production and applied for China State Food and Drug Administration approval to market the cancer drug docetaxel.
AMDL said its subsidiary’s sales network is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the significant marketing opportunity in China. Docetaxel is an anticancer drug […]

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Giant US cash boost for cancer drug trial

February 8, 2007 – 4:15 pm

It may only be a start, but one Taumarunui cancer patient will take what he can get.
The King Country father of two who only wanted to be known as Richard is one of 12 Waikato and King Country people who have been testing anti-cancer compound PR-104 over the past year.
Today it was announced the trial […]

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