Gleevec: the Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment Some say it's a miracledrug. Others call it a silver bullet. Gleevec, also marketed internationally as Glivec and sometimes referred to by its chemical name imatinib, entered the medical world with a bang. This medication was initially approved for ...
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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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It is the first anticancer drug to specifically inhibit a molecular abnormality unique to human cancer cells. 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--mole...