Panel Asks FDA To Reject Avastin For Breast Cancer Use

Jul. 1 | An expert panel has asked the FDA to strip Avastin of its label for use against breast cancer. The panel recommended that Avastin, manufactured by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, is neither safe nor effective for breast cancer. After a two-day hearing...

Parayil Found Cancer Drug Path

Oct. 9 | Ajikumar Parayil found an inexpensive route to a blockbuster cancer drug in the digestive system of a common gut and sewage bacterium to produce in abundance a chemical compound that promises to be the cancer drug. Parayil, is an Indian scientist who...

India’s Anti-Cancer Yew Trees Under Threat

Jun. 21 | Taxus, the anti-cancer yew trees found in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, are under tremendous threat due to over-exploitation and are in the danger of disappearing. Taxus are the primary source of taxol, which is used in the treatment of ovarian...