Pfizer: Cancer Drug Narrowly Misses Study Goal

Published November 10, 2012

Pfizer: Cancer drug narrowly misses study goal

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NEW YORK (AP) — Pfizer Inc.'s advanced kidney cancer treatment Inlyta missed its main late-stage study goal when compared to another drug in patients who had not been treated for the disease. The New York drugmaker said Wednesday that patients …
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Doctors debate value of 'fringe' heart treatment

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The study tested chelation (pronounced "kee-LAY'shun") — periodic intravenous infusions that proponents say may help remove calcium from hardened arteries around the heart. Chelation has long been used to treat lead poisoning but its safety and value …
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27 inmates killed in Sri Lanka prison shootout

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Kodippili said that security forces had found the bodies of 11 other inmates inside the prison premises and that the total number of deaths stood at 27. Twenty-three inmates who were injured in the clash were receiving treatment at the hospital …
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