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Merck melanoma drug shrinks tumors in 38 percent of patients

2013-06-02 18:54:47| Biotech - Topix.net

A Merck & Co drug designed to unmask tumor cells and mobilize the immune system into fighting cancer helped shrink tumors in 38 percent of patients with advanced melanoma in an early-stage study, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

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Novel Amgen virus-vaccine shrinks melanoma tumors

2013-03-21 11:13:33| Biotech - Topix.net

Shares of drugmaker Amgen Inc. climbed Wednesday on news that its innovative melanoma drug, which uses a virus as a Trojan horse to infiltrate and destroy tumors, shrank far more tumors than a standard treatment in a late-stage test.

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