Known as the blockbuster brand name anticancer therapy Avastin, Bevacizumab recently captured a positive opinion from the EU for its success in treating cervical cancer. On March 2, 2015 Roche Pharmaceuticals announced that the European Union’s (EU) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use expressed a positive opinion of Bevacizumab when used alongside standard chemotherapy[…]
Positive Opinion from the EU for Bevacizumab as Cervical Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapeutic / Anti-Neoplastic, Drug Research & Development API, Monoclonal Antibodies / mAb Tags: BevacizumabPaclitaxel Mar 19, 2015
Antiangiogenic Agents – Providing an Alternative Approach
Bulk Active Ingredient, Chemotherapeutic / Anti-Neoplastic Tags: 114977-28-5BevacizumabDocetaxelWHO May 02, 2011
A recent study conducted by the Queens University Belfasts School of Pharmacy revealed the ability of the recombinant protein FKBPL to inhibit tumor growth by disrupting the blood supply to these tumors. This method of cancer treatment called neovascularization is certainly not new with several agents exhibiting the same mode of action already available in[…]
Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs) – Growth, Supply, and Uses for Cancer Treatment
Antithrombotic, Chemotherapeutic / Anti-Neoplastic, Drug Research & Development API, Monoclonal Antibodies / mAb Tags: 180288-69-1331731-18-1AdalimumabAlemtuzumabBevacizumabchemotherapyEGFRRituximabTrastuzumab Feb 11, 2011
What Are Monoclonal Antibodies? A monoclonal antibody is a laboratory-produced molecule that’s carefully engineered to attach to specific defects in your cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies mimic the antibodies your body naturally produces as part of your immune system’s response to germs, vaccines and other invaders. Growing Interest for Monoclonal Antibody Therapies Monoclonal antibodies were initially[…]
