These are impressive numbers. Given this success rate, many people say that Gleevec has transformed CML treatment. In the past, the only options patients had were either bone marrow transplantation, which had serious side effects and was often fatal (and only about 20% to 25% of patients were...
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Pharmaceutical companies have for years been under pressure over the pricing of their drugs, and one of the most high-profile cases is Novartis' Gleevec, a miracle drug dubbed a breakthrough in cancer treatment for CML. Gleevec, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2001, has...
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Gleevec has been hailed as a dramatic breakthrough in cancer treatment. It is thought that this drug will lead to the creation of a new paradigm of cancer treatment--molecular targeting. Molecular Basis of Gleevec's Action Gleevec has recently been approved by the Food and Drug...