Panel Backs One Drug, but Not 2nd
15th Sep 2005, 14:48 GMT
Grappling with the sensitive issue of how effective a cancer drug must be to merit approval, a federal advisory panel urged rejection of a prostate cancer therapy developed by Abbott Labs but endorsed a pancreatic cancer medicine from OSI Pharmaceuticals.
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