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Pfizer Sees Some Disappointing Study Results

Posted Mar 12th 2010 10:30AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Pfizer (PFE)

Late Thursday, Pfizer (PFE) announced that two of its late-stage studies of an approved kidney cancer drug failed to treat breast cancer significantly. Reportedly, two studies of kidney cancer drug Sutent did not show a significant benefit to advanced breast cancer patients when combined with chemotherapy.

This news is definitely a setback for PFE, as it was hoped that Sutent could demonstrate a significant benefit when combined with chemotherapy as opposed to treatment by chemotherapy alone.

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Good news for a new AstraZeneca drug

Posted Aug 31st 2009 10:30AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Good news, Industry

There is good news surfacing for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) this morning. Turns out a new drug produced by AZN helps reduce heart patients' chances of dying by more than 20% when compared to the standard treatment. The drug is designed to prevent blood clots in heart patients.

The study followed 18,624 patients from 2006 to 2008, with roughly half taking rival medicine Plavix and the other half taking AZN's Brilinta. The results show that patients taking Brilinta had a 4.5% chance of dying, compared to a 5.9% chance for patients on Plavix.

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