A new agent for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome; and more
A new agent for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome In a paper published this week in PLoS Medicine, Azra Raza and colleagues (University of Massachusetts) use gene expression profiling to identify a molecular signature that predicts response to lenalidomide in patients wi...Revlimid Approved For Treatment Of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by FDA
A new drug treatment, Revlimid for treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The approval was announced by Celgene Corp, manufacturer of the drug.// The exact cause of MDS is not known. However, increased i...Drug increases hemoglobin in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Patients with Bone marrow disorder Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), treated with 500 mcg of Aranesp (Darbepoetin alfa) for every three weeks found to improve the hemoglobin content in 70% of patients. //The new drug Aranesp is manufactured by Amgen Biotech, which conducted a Phase II trial with 200 ...New Report Just Published: World Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics Market Report
...te Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, and Other Leukemia), and myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-3 Table 2:...oma II-31 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma II-32 Hodgkin's Lymphoma II-32 myelodysplastic Syndromes II-32 Hematological Cancer Therapies II-33 Chemotherapy I...Telik Announces Preclinical Presentations at AACR Annual Meeting
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Teli...Soliris Effective in PNH Patients With History of Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Analysis of Phase III Data Presented at ASCO - CHICAGO, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Investigators reported today that Soliris(TM) (eculizumab), a new treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) developed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , is effective in patients diagnose...Telik Announces Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA, a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Telik's...The MDS foundation supports vidaza's recommendation for European approval
... The myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Foundation supports the positive opinion from the European ...ing approval for VIDAZA," said Kathy Heptinstall, Operating Director of the myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation, "The MDS Foundation is committed to making sure that ...Vidaza receives positve opinion from European CHMP
...P) has awarded Vidaza (azacitidine) a positive opinion for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients who are not eligible for stem cell transplants. ... approval shortly and quickly be available for patients across Europe." myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) occur when the bone marrow stem cells malfunction. This re...The MDS Foundation supports the FDA's decision to expand vidaza label to include survival data
... Crosswicks, NJ (August 22, 2008) The myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Foundation supports the decision by the U.S. Food & Drug Ad...ts with higher-risk MDS," said Kathy Heptinstall, Operating Director of the myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation, "Roughly 30 percent of patients diagnosed with MDS wi...Weill Cornell science briefs June/July 2008
... shrunk to normal sizes, and they began to produce normal red blood cells. The chemical (a similar compound is already in a Phase I clinical trial for myelodysplastic syndromes -- another blood disorder) blocks the activity of the JAK2 gene that is highly expressed in Cooley's anemia, and is believed to play a cruci...Avoiding Spleen Removal for Cooley's Anemia SufferersAvoiding spleen removal for Cooley's anemia suf
... shrunk to normal sizes, and they began to produce normal red blood cells. The chemical (a similar compound is already in a Phase I clinical trial for myelodysplastic syndromes -- another blood disorder) blocks the activity of the JAK2 gene that is highly expressed in Cooley's anemia, and is believed to play a cruci...Ireland Cancer Center researchers advance stem cell gene therapy
...to show evidence that genetic mutations are accumulating in marrow stem cells. This finding might be the key underlying the increased risk of anemias, myelodysplastic syndrome and acute leukemia in older individuals. Dr. Kevin Buntings laboratory gave two important presentations on how intracellular STAT5 (a...NCI renewal grant to develop new cancer therapies
...f vorinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, in combination with flavopiridol, a cell cycle inhibitor, in patients with refractory acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Additionally, the team has recently received approval to lead a multi-institutional trial of vorinostat and bortezomib, a proteasome inh...New molecules discovered that block cancer cells from modifying cell DNA
...ions that work to reverse the methylation process in cancer cells. They include azacitine (Vidaza) and decitabine (Dacogen), both for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome, diseases in which the production of blood cells by the bone marrow is disrupted. Vorinostat (Zolinza) also works to turn back on silenced ge...New tool helps blood specialists improve patient care
...swering questions that determine compliance with pre-established performance measures developed by ASH that are important in the care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). "The hematologists who use these measures are not passive learners. They are not simply reading about how to improve patient care...Long-term cancer risk follows stem cell transplant recipients
...ls from a female donor. Myeloablative, allogeneic HSCT is an effective standard therapy for specific life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome, for which blood cell lineages (which originate principally in the bone marrow and circulate in the blood) are abnormal. Destroying the patie...Pharmion's Oral Azacitidine Granted Fast Track Status for Myelodysplastic Syndromes
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmion Corporation (Nasdaq: PHRM ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for oral Azacitidine in the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Fast Track programs are designe...Telik Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Teli...Telik Reports Preclinical Results at AACR Annual Meeting
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Teli...Vion Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for Onrigin(TM)
...nderway: (i) the continuation of the pivotal Phase II trial; (ii) a Phase III trial with standard remission-induction therapy in patients with AML and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS); (iii) a Phase I/II trial in combination with cytarabine in elderly patients with AML; and (iv) a Phase I/II trial in combination with...Telik Implements Reorganization to Focus Resources Toward Drug Development Pipeline
...st advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA, a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Teli...Telik Announces New TRAP Drug Discovery Agreement
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Telik...Telik Announces Financial Results for 2008 Third Quarter
...advanced investigational drug candidates in clinical development are TELINTRA(R), a modified glutathione analog for the treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome or chemotherapy, and TELCYTA(R), a tumor-activated prodrug for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Telik...