Useful drug for stem cell transplant problem
...ver. In this trial, headed by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the US, a group of 80 patients with severe VOD received a new drug. defibrotide is extracted from pig intestinal tissue. Around a third of the patients experienced complete reversal of VOD and 35 per cent of them survived for at l...Gentium's Defibrotide Highlighted in Poster Presentation at World Congress of Nephrology
VILLA GUARDIA (COMO), Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - Gentium S.p.A. (NASDAQ: GENT) (the "Company") today reported that its lead product, Defibrotide, will be the subject of a poster presentation at the World Congress of Nephrology 2007 being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 21-25, ...Gentium's Defibrotide Seen as Active in Multiple Myeloma
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - Gentium S.p.A. (Nasdaq: GENT) announced the presentation of both clinical and preclinical data that support the safety, activity, synergy and potential mechanism of action of Defibrotide in combination with anticancer therapy in multiple myeloma. Investigat...