May 2007

News and information from the pharmaceutical industry. In this issue: 1) Multiple Deals for Affitech 2) Pfizer%u2019s Sutent Wins European Association of Urology Support 3) Aurora Breast MRI Will Meet Surge in Screening Demand, and more

A collection of cancer statistics and facts

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing the envelope of knowledge and discovery. In this issue: 1) Northwestern University: Anti-Cancer Flavonoids Synthesized 2) University of Wisconsin-Madison: Turning the Body's Immune System on Cancer, and more

This month's Fed Focus highlights the CDC's HPV vaccine recommendations as well as changes in Medicare coverage of ESAs for cancer-related anemia. Our reports from

This month we report on presentations made at the Association of Community Cancer Centers 33rd Annual National Meeting (March 28-31, 2007, Rockville, MD) and at a colorectal cancer meeting held at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University (March 28-31, 2007, Baltimore, MD).

Physicians' Financial News focuses on news-making and/or notable companies in the oncology/biotech sector. In this issue: 1) Aveo Lands $477M Deal with Schering Plough 2) Eisai Grows Pharma-Based Cancer Pipeline in $325M Acquisition of Morphotek, and more

The Clinical Trials reported in this issue include: PHASE I: 1) Adherex Initiates Combination Trial of ADH-1 and Melphalan for Melanoma Treatment 2) Erimos Initiates Evaluation of First-In-Class Small Molecule Therapy for Glioma Brain Tumors PHASE II: 1) ChemGenex Treats First Patient in CML Trial, and more

News items featured in this month's issue: 1) Preventive Health Exams May Lead to Cancer Screenings by Prachi Patel-Predd 2) Canine Cancer Vaccine Being Investigated for Use in Humans by Diane West 3) Antirejection Drug Shows Promise In Preventing Lung Cancer in Smokers by Diane West, and more

GlaxoSmithKline%u2019s experimental cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix has proven 100% effective in preventing precancerous lesions due to cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 for up to five and a half years.

The results of Amgen's %u201C145 study%u201D of Aranesp in patient's with late-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) are released.

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