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FDA: Don't blame us for Avastin change

Remember last year when Genentech said it wouldn't sell its cancer med Avastin to compounding pharmacies, which repackage it for off-label use in patients with macular degeneration -- and then blamed Read more...

Avastin-Lucentis trial may reshape pharma

We thought the head-to-head trial of Avastin and Lucentis for age-related macular degeneration was a big deal for Genentech, which Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Senate postpones hearings on Lucentis;Antibiotics overused in dementia patients;

> Lawmakers investigating Genentech's pricing of macular degeneration drug Lucentis have backed off of holding hearings on the issue. Read more...
Tags: Genentech   Lucentis  

NIH launches Avastin-Lucentis trial

Gentlemen (and ladies), start your eye injections. In other Avastin news, the big trial pitting the cancer drug against Genentech sister med Lucentis is now underway. Sponsored by the National Read more...

Canada to decide Lucentis' fate

The Lucentis versus Avastin match has moved to Canada. Officials there are arguing Read more...
Tags: Novartis   Avastin   NIH   Genentech   Medicare   Lucentis  

Eye docs confront Genentech exec

Put a Genentech executive and a bunch of angry ophthalmologists in the same room, and what do you get? Fireworks. At a conference over the weekend, the company's president of product development, Read more...
Tags: FDA   Avastin   Genentech   Lucentis  

Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Genentech President Defends Company’s Decision to Embargo Avastin Sales to Compounding Pharmacies

Genentech President Defends Company’s Decision to Embargo Avastin Sales to Compounding Pharmacies Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, president of product development for Genentech, said she came to Read more...

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