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Know the facts about bovine leukemia virus

2021-06-30 15:00:00| Beef

Know what the virus is and the routes of transmission.

Bill Carteaux is battling leukemia for the third time

2018-11-14 22:51:19| Canadian Plastics Headlines

Carteaux, the longtime president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Plastics Industry Association, began chemo treatments on Nov. 5. The post Bill Carteaux is battling leukemia for the third time appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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J&J leukemia drug cuts death risk vs. chemo in new patients: study

2015-12-07 03:47:40| Food - Topix.net

Johnson & Johnson's and AbbVie's cancer drug Imbruvica significantly reduced the risk of death and disease progression compared with chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with a type of leukemia in a late stage study, paving the way for an expanded approval of the medicine. In the trial of 269 patients aged 65 and older with chronic lymphocytic leukemia , Imbruvica decreased risk of death by a statistically significant 85 percent compared with the chemotherapy chlorambucil, researchers reported on Sunday.

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FDA OKs first generic for Gleevec leukemia pill

2015-12-04 19:54:52| Chemicals - Topix.net

" U.S. regulators have approved the first generic version of one of the first very effective " and expensive " cancer drugs, Gleevec, which costs about $10,000 a month. The Food and Drug Administration granted a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. approval to sell generic Gleevec, known as imatinib mesylate, in 100-milligram and 400-milligram pills for chronic myeloid leukemia.

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