01 noviembre 2012

DOXIL ( Caelyx ) Vuelve . J & J Restoring Cancer Drug Supply to EU Patients .

P.D.: Yondelis para Tratar Cáncer de Ovario esta Aprobado en Europa y en 28 Paises del Resto del Mundo ... un total de 58 Paises ... pero su uso es exclusivamente en combinación con Doxil ( Caelyx ) ... un Farmaco que lleva retirado del mercado hace más de un año ya . Por fin parece que la vuelta al mercado del Doxil ( Caelyx ) se esta reiniciando  por lo que las ventas del Yondelis para Ovario podrían reanudarse ...

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Johnson & Johnson is making more headway in restoring supplies of a crucial cancer drug unavailable to many patients since the contract manufacturer producing it, Ben Venue Laboratories, shut down a year ago due to serious contamination and other quality problems at its Ohio factory.


Access to Doxil, or Caelyx as it's called in the European Union and some other places, had been limited to existing patients since last fall amid dwindling supply. The drug treats advanced breast and ovarian cancers, the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma and Kaposi's sarcoma, a blood vessel cancer. For many patients, it was the only effective option.

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