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Onyx Pharma, Bayer Have Yet to Prove Utility of Cancer Drug EP Vantage submits:Try as they might, Bayer (BAYRY.PK) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) have been struggling for some time to prove that Nexavar has a role beyond liver and kidney cancer. Therefore news that the drug has failed in a second phase III lung cancer study is hardly encouraging. Despite these two failed trials, executives at Onyx Pharmaceuticals struck an upbeat note on a conference call Monday, pointing to upcoming data in breast cancer and another lung cancer trial in a different setting, and expressing confidence that additional tumor types are within the kinase inhibitor’s grasp. However, with Onyx having invested heavily in this quest, at the expense of profitability, good news is needed to restore some flagging confidence (Onyx needs to find Nexavar growth as another quarter disappoints, April 30, 2010).Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Girls Reaching Puberty Earlier New research adds further evidence that girls are entering puberty at younger and younger ages, with implications for their physical and mental health. online.wsj.com |
Judge Asked to Lift Stem-Cell Funds Ban The Obama administration asked a federal judge to allow the government to continue funding embryonic stem-cell research while a case challenging the program makes its way through the courts. online.wsj.com |
Grassley Asks FDA About Firms' Payments to Doctors U.S. Senate investigators are inquiring into whether the FDA polices medical companies' payments to doctors who participate in clinical studies of the companies' medical devices. online.wsj.com |